New York-1955: Christmas Tree In Living Room With Lamp And Floral Curtains

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

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Christmas Tree In Living Room With Lamp And Floral Curtains — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures a cozy living room during the holidays. A decorated Christmas tree with colorful ornaments and tinsel stands beside a wooden side table holding a lamp and a small clock. Floral curtains frame a window with blinds, and a radiator is visible nearby. The warm, slightly grainy footage evokes a nostalgic 1950s American home atmosphere, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 125503589

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, 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 1950s New York home-movie cutaway for holiday interiors, domestic life, and mid-century family-memory sequences.
Period detail: Visible clues include tinsel-heavy Christmas tree trimming, floral curtains, venetian blinds, a table lamp, radiator, and small tabletop clock that may show a mid-century home setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records a quiet household room survey rather than a staged performance, preserving the way a family documented holiday decorations inside a private home.
What appears in frame: The frames show a decorated Christmas tree, hanging tinsel, ornaments, wrapped gifts, side table, lamp, small clock, floral curtains, blinds, and radiator.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the interior a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a holiday insert, domestic transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway for a 1950s home interior.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private American holiday interior with seasonal decoration and mid-century furnishings, without showing people or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the private interior and decorations may require property and copyright review depending on intended use.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1950s New York Christmas home movie, 8mm holiday living room, mid-century decorated tree, and vintage private interior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1955 New York home interiors, then broader 1950s holiday and Christmas tree material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 New York home-movie frame showing a tinsel-covered Christmas tree near a table lamp, floral curtains, and wood trim. — Christmas tree with dense tinsel and ornaments beside a lamp and curtained window.

1955 New York interior with a decorated Christmas tree, small side table, lamp, tabletop clock, curtains, and gifts below. — Decorated tree beside a side table holding a lamp and small clock.

1955 New York living room detail with a radiator, table lamp, small clock, floral curtains, blinds, and the edge of a tinsel tree. — Lamp and clock near the curtained window, with radiator and tree edge visible.

1955 New York home interior showing floral curtains, closed blinds, a lamp shade below, and part of a decorated Christmas tree at right. — Curtains and blinds frame the window as the camera catches part of the holiday tree.

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