New York-1955: Family Dining and Celebrating

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

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Family Dining and Celebrating — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1955: A family gathers around a dining table for a festive meal, sharing food and conversation in a warmly lit home. A woman in a polka-dot dress serves a large roasted chicken, while others enjoy bread and drinks. The scene transitions to a man cutting a white frosted cake on a side table, next to a vintage rotary telephone. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the authentic textures and colors of mid-century American domestic life, with natural lighting and candid moments that evoke nostalgia and warmth.

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: 125503987

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, 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 home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational sequences about family meals, domestic gatherings, and mid-century celebrations.
Period detail: Visible period clues include formal dining clothes, a rotary telephone, frosted layer cake, tabletop serving dishes, and warm indoor color 8mm exposure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves candid family behavior as people eat, talk, serve food, and cut cake in a private home rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults around a dining table, plates and glasses, a roasted bird, a frosted cake, a side table, and a black rotary telephone.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color shifts, handheld framing, visible grain, and uneven exposure typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use it as an insert, family-memory beat, domestic transition, or cutaway between broader scenes about postwar American home life.
Historical context: The scene shows a private indoor family meal and cake cutting, offering visual context for mid-century social rituals without identifying the occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s family dinner 8mm, New York home movie meal, mid-century cake cutting, and rotary telephone domestic scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family scenes, then other New York 1955 home interiors, then broader 1950s meals and celebrations.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 New York home-movie frame showing adults gathered around a dining table during a family meal. — Family members sit close around a dining table as food is served and shared.

1955 New York home-movie frame with a frosted cake on a side table near a black rotary telephone. — A frosted cake rests beside a rotary telephone as family members gather nearby.

1955 New York home-movie frame showing a man cutting a white frosted cake beside a rotary telephone. — A man slices into the frosted cake while the telephone sits close by on the table.

1955 New York home-movie frame of cake cutting in a private interior, with a rotary telephone on the same table. — The cake is cut on a side table, with the rotary telephone clearly visible beside it.

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