New York USA-1954: Young Man in White Shirt Kisses Totem Pole

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young Man in White Shirt Kisses Totem Pole — Clip Details

A young man in a white t-shirt and dark shorts stands beside a colorful totem pole in a grassy outdoor setting. He touches the pole, leans in to kiss it, and then turns to smile at the camera. The scene, shot on 8mm film in 1954, features vibrant colors and natural lighting, with a white building and trees in the background. The footage captures a playful, nostalgic moment from a vintage home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125299207

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: No

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s New York home-movie footage useful for productions needing a brief playful travel or roadside-attraction insert with a visible adult subject.
Period detail: The white T-shirt, short athletic shorts, color 8mm stock, and camp-like outdoor setting may show mid-1950s leisure travel style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the man jokes with the camera by touching and kissing the painted totem pole.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man, painted totem pole, white T-shirt, dark shorts, grassy ground, white building, railings, trees, and daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that reads as authentic family-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, comic memory beat, or transition within a sequence about 1950s travel, leisure, or roadside stops.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual visitor interaction with a painted outdoor display, with the specific site not identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos appear, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1950s 8mm New York home movie, man with totem pole, vintage travel footage, and playful roadside attraction scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel scenes, then other New York 1954 outdoor clips, then broader 1950s leisure or roadside-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1954 New York home-movie footage, a young man in a white T-shirt stands beside a colorful totem pole in a wooded outdoor setting. — A young man stands beside the painted totem pole before leaning closer.

The man leans in close to the painted totem pole, holding it with both hands in the outdoor New York scene. — The man leans toward the pole in a playful pose.

The man bends toward the painted face on the totem pole, with a white building and wooded background behind him. — The man bends close to the decorated pole while the camera holds steady.

At the end of the 1954 New York clip, the man stands beside the painted totem pole and looks down toward its carved surface. — The man remains beside the painted pole as the brief home-movie moment ends.

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