New York City-1955: Fancy Decorations In Home

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 New York City

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Fancy Decorations In Home — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures a close-up of a dark wood coffee table with a glass top, showcasing mid-century decor. The table holds a crystal bowl, a small silver dish, and a red-bound book on the lower shelf. The camera pans slightly, revealing a brown upholstered couch and a patterned throw pillow in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and warm, saturated colors, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American living room.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 125303501

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: 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 1038 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: rockefeller center rockettes, baby grag, sylvia,mom,jack,stuart,robert,toni
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1955 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 City, 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 City home-movie footage for productions needing a domestic interior cutaway of mid-century decorative objects and living-room furnishings.
Period detail: The glass-topped dark wood table, crystal serving pieces, red-bound book or album, and brown upholstered couch may show mid-century domestic taste.
Home-movie behavior: The short handheld view studies household decorations at close range, giving an unstaged record of what someone chose to film inside a private home.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a glass-topped coffee table, crystal bowls, a small silver dish, a red book or album, a magazine, a brown couch, and a patterned pillow.
Film character: The 8mm footage has warm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld movement typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an interior insert, memory beat, domestic-life transition, or quiet cutaway between family or New York City home scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private living-room decor and display objects in a 1950s American household, without showing identifiable people.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the scene shows a private interior and household objects, so property and copyright review may still be needed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s New York City home movie interior, 8mm living room decor, crystal bowl coffee table, and mid-century domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 New York City interiors, then broader 1950s home decor and domestic life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 New York City home-movie frame showing a dark wood glass-topped coffee table with crystal decor, a red book, and a brown couch. — Close view of a glass-topped coffee table arranged with crystal and silver decorative pieces.

Home-movie frame of a mid-century living-room table with crystal decor, a red book or album, and a couch in the background. — Decorative tabletop objects and a red book are seen in a private living-room interior.

1950s New York City home interior showing a coffee table with crystal serving pieces, a magazine, and a red book below a brown couch. — The camera frames the table from a slightly wider angle, including crystal pieces and a magazine.

Home-movie view of a private New York City living room with brown couch, patterned pillow, side table, and crystal pieces on the coffee table. — A wider living-room view reveals the couch, patterned pillow, side table, and tabletop crystal decor.

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