New Hampshire-1952: Man Playing Guitar While Woman Listens in Living Room

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationNew Hampshire, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Playing Guitar While Woman Listens in Living Room — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and glasses plays an acoustic guitar in a cozy living room, while an elderly woman in a red dress sits beside him, listening intently. The scene, shot on 8mm film in 1952, captures a quiet moment of domestic music and connection. Patterned curtains, vintage lamps, and mid-century furnishings fill the room, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage enhances its authentic, home movie feel. This intimate family moment reflects mid-century American domestic life and the joy of shared music.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125227634

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: Yes

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New Hampshire, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New Hampshire home-movie requests needing domestic music, family gathering, or quiet living-room insert material.
Period detail: Patterned drapes, table lamps, venetian blinds, upholstered seating, and formal indoor clothing may show a mid-century American home interior.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged domestic moment as a seated man plays guitar while an older woman listens beside him.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with an acoustic guitar, an older woman in red, patterned curtains, lamps, blinds, chairs, and a side table.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, modest color fading, and handheld framing that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic cutaway, music-related insert, or transition within family-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal at-home entertainment and intergenerational companionship in a mid-century private interior.
Research note: Visible faces, a private interior, and audible guitar music may require likeness, property, copyright, or music-rights review before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 New Hampshire 8mm home movie, man playing guitar indoors, elderly woman listening, and mid-century living room footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel material, then other New Hampshire 1952 home interiors, then broader themes of family music and domestic leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 New Hampshire home-movie frame of a man playing guitar while an older woman in red sits beside him indoors. — A man plays acoustic guitar while an older woman sits listening in a furnished living room.

Man in a white shirt plays guitar in a New Hampshire living room as an older woman listens near patterned curtains. — The seated guitarist looks down at the instrument while the older woman remains beside him.

Home-movie frame showing a seated guitarist and older woman in a 1952 New Hampshire living room with lamps and drapes. — The woman turns toward the guitarist during a quiet indoor music moment.

New Hampshire 1952 home-movie frame with a man holding guitar and an older woman seated near the edge of a living room scene. — The guitarist remains seated as the older woman appears near the right edge of the frame.

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