New York City-1955: Woman In Chair With Vase

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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 In Chair With Vase — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a woman seated in a tufted armchair in a mid-century living room. The scene features a decorative glass vase on a dark table, a wall-mounted display shelf with small figurines, and muted green walls. The woman wears a dark sweater with a white lace collar, her expression shifting as she looks toward the camera. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1950s domestic atmosphere. Ideal for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

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: 125303626

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 domestic-life requests needing real 8mm New York City home-movie footage of an adult woman in a furnished interior.
Period detail: The tufted armchair, small display shelf, glass vase, dark side table, and lace-collar clothing may show mid-century home decor and dress.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears seated informally and looks toward the camera, giving the clip the unstaged quality of a family room home movie.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, yellow tufted chair, muted green walls, glass vase, dark table, small figurines, display shelf, and doorway trim.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight contact-sheet frame shifts consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic interior cutaway, or quiet transition within a 1950s family or urban home sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a private furnished room and adult sitter, offering visual context for mid-century household interiors without identifying the person.
Research note: Human likeness and private interior/property review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 New York City 8mm home movie, woman in chair, mid-century living room, domestic interior, vase, and family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1955 New York City home interiors, then with broader mid-century family and decor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 New York City 8mm frame showing a furnished interior with green walls, shelves, a glass vase, and part of a tufted chair. — Interior detail with wall shelves, vase, table, and chair before the seated woman is visible.

1955 New York City home-movie frame showing a glass vase, dark side table, yellow tufted chair, and muted green interior wall. — A living room corner shows a glass vase, side table, and upholstered chair against green walls.

1955 New York City 8mm frame of an adult woman in a dark sweater with white collar seated in a tufted chair indoors. — The woman sits in the armchair near a dark table, looking slightly away from the camera.

1955 New York City home-movie frame of a seated adult woman looking off camera in a mid-century furnished room. — The seated woman looks off camera from a yellow tufted armchair inside the green-walled room.

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