New York City-1955: Woman Wearing Black And Blue Dress Sits In Yellow Chair Next To Television

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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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Woman Wearing Black And Blue Dress Sits In Yellow Chair... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures a woman in a black dress with a blue cardigan and white trim, sitting in a tufted yellow armchair. The scene shifts to show a mid-century television set with a wooden cabinet, a crystal vase, and small figurines on top. The woman, wearing a dark sweater with a white lace collar, smiles warmly. The footage, shot on 8mm film, features grainy texture and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, domestic atmosphere from a classic American home.

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: 125303557

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 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: Useful for 1950s New York City domestic-life requests needing home-movie material of women seated indoors with mid-century furniture and a television set.
Period detail: The yellow tufted chair, wood-cabinet television, wall shelves, glass vase, lace collar, and cardigan may show mid-1950s American home interiors and dress.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear relaxed and aware of the camera, offering the informal, affectionate presence typical of family-shot home movies.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult women, a yellow armchair, a wood-cabinet television, a glass vase, small shelf figurines, green walls, and dark interior clothing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic insert, family-memory beat, television-era cutaway, or transition into a mid-century interior sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a private living-room setting where television, display objects, and posed family interaction are central visual details.
Research note: Adult faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s 8mm home movie woman in armchair, New York City domestic interior, mid-century television set, and family living room footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with New York City 1955 home movies, then with 1950s interiors, television, and family portrait themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1955 New York City home-movie frame, an adult woman sits smiling in a yellow armchair inside a green-walled room. — A woman in a dark dress and blue cardigan sits in a yellow tufted chair.

A mid-century wood-cabinet television stands in a New York City interior with a glass vase and small display items above it. — A wood-cabinet television is framed beneath a glass vase and small objects.

The camera lingers on a 1950s domestic interior with small wall shelves, a glass vase, and a wood-cabinet television set. — Decorative shelves and a glass vase sit above and near the television set.

An older adult woman smiles from a yellow armchair in a 1955 New York City home interior, wearing a dark sweater with a white lace collar. — An older woman smiles while seated in the yellow tufted armchair.

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