New York USA-1954: Man And Woman Dance At Beach Party Other People At Party

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

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Man And Woman Dance At Beach Party Other People At Party — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1954 captures a lively beach party in New York. A shirtless man and a woman in a light blue swimsuit dance closely on the sand, their movements joyful and spontaneous. Other guests relax on lounge chairs, including a woman in a striped swimsuit and another in a black strapless top smoking a cigarette. A man in a green one-piece swimsuit and a cap smiles from a chair. The footage features warm, saturated colors and the characteristic grain of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, carefree summer atmosphere.

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: 125301790

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York leisure, beach-party, swimsuit, and informal social dancing sequences in documentaries, museum pieces, or period memory edits.
Period detail: The swimwear, lounge chairs, cigarette, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-1950s beach or poolside social setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal gestures: a couple dancing close, guests resting in chairs, smoking, smiling, and acknowledging the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dancing adults, swimsuits, lounge chairs, sand, a cigarette, towels, sunlit seating, and close home-movie framing.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that reads as original domestic film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer memory beat, party cutaway, or transition into mid-century leisure and social-life material.
Historical context: The scene shows adults socializing in swimwear at a New York beach-party setting, with casual gendered dress and public smoking visible.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-license checks.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1954 New York 8mm beach party, midcentury swimsuit social gathering, home movie dancing, or adults smoking at beach.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 New York leisure scenes, then broader 1950s beach-party and summer gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1954 New York home-movie footage, a shirtless man dances with a woman in a light blue swimsuit at a beach party. — A couple dances closely while other beach-party guests sit in the background.

A seated woman smokes beside other adults in swimwear during a 1954 New York beach-party scene. — A woman smokes while nearby guests relax in the sun at the party.

Adults in midcentury swimwear gather near lounge chairs in a 1954 New York beach-party home movie. — Party guests in swimwear stand and sit around lounge chairs on the sand.

A smiling man seated on a beach chair poses near a woman in a green swimsuit in 1954 New York home-movie footage. — A seated man smiles at the camera as a woman stands beside his chair.

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