New York USA-1954: Man Saying Goodbye To Significant Other And Family

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

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Man Saying Goodbye To Significant Other And Family — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a heartfelt farewell on a sun-drenched rural road in New York. A man in a white t-shirt and dark shorts embraces and kisses a woman in a light dress before waving goodbye. They stand beside a classic blue sedan, with lush green trees lining the roadside. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking authentic mid-century Americana and personal memory.

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: 125299714

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 suited to documentary or editorial requests for a personal roadside farewell and mid-century family travel moment.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1950s clothing, older sedans, an 8mm color home-movie look, and a rural tree-lined road that may show upstate New York family travel.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged goodbye, with adults waving, embracing, and moving around the roadside as the camera records a private family departure.
What appears in frame: The frames show adults beside dark sedans, a woman waving, a man in a white T-shirt, a tree-lined rural road, parked cars, and strong summer daylight.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing across the contact-sheet frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, family-separation insert, road-trip transition, or cutaway for mid-century domestic life.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual 1950s social farewell on a rural roadside, with adults gathered around cars rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Visible faces and likenesses require review, while no clear logos, minors, private interiors, or branded signage are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1954 New York home movie farewell, 1950s family goodbye, 8mm roadside sendoff, and vintage Americana car departure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1954 New York family travel scenes, then with broader 1950s home-movie farewell footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York home-movie frame showing adults beside a dark sedan on a tree-lined rural road, with a woman raising her hand. — Adults gather by a parked sedan as a woman waves on the roadside.

1954 New York home-movie frame of a man and woman standing close on a rural roadside, with older cars and dense trees behind them. — A man and woman pause close together during the roadside farewell.

1954 New York home-movie frame with a woman seen from behind waving toward the road, where older cars are parked near dense greenery. — A woman waves from the roadside as cars wait along the road.

1954 New York home-movie frame showing a man walking away along a rural road, with a woman in the foreground and older cars parked ahead. — The farewell continues as the man moves away down the road.

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