New York-1955: Family Gathered at Dinner Table

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

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Family Gathered at Dinner Table — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures a family gathering in New York, with several people seated around a dinner table. A woman in a dark floral dress and a man in a plaid shirt are prominent, engaged in conversation and eating. The scene is warmly lit, with a cake and dishes on the table, and the grainy, color-graded footage evokes a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. The camera remains stationary, documenting a candid moment of domestic life.

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: 125504263

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: Useful for 1950s U.S. domestic-life sequences needing real 8mm footage of a family meal or informal indoor gathering.
Period detail: The clothing, tableware, warm interior lighting, and home-movie color stock support a mid-1950s New York family setting without visible public landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged social behavior as relatives sit, eat, smoke, gesture, and look toward one another around a small dinner table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a plaid shirt, dark floral dresses, a cake or dessert, cups, plates, jars, chairs, and an interior doorway.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, warm color drift, uneven exposure, and slight blur that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, domestic cutaway, or transitional insert for family, food, postwar home life, or private celebration themes.
Historical context: The footage shows a small multigenerational-looking group in a private interior, offering visual context for informal mid-century family dining and conversation.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 New York family dinner 8mm, 1950s home movie meal, vintage family gathering, adults eating and talking indoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1955 New York home-movie material, then with other family dinner or indoor gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 New York home-movie frame showing adults seated around a dinner table, with a cake, cups, plates, and conversation visible. — Family members sit around a dining table during an indoor meal or gathering.

1955 New York home-movie frame with a woman in a dark floral dress near the table while other adults sit, eat, and talk. — A woman turns from the table as others remain seated with cups, plates, and dessert nearby.

1955 New York home-movie frame showing adults at a family table, including a man in plaid and a woman in a dark floral dress. — Adults sit closely around the table during a casual indoor family gathering.

1955 New York home-movie frame of adults talking around a small dinner table in a private interior with tableware and dessert. — The group continues eating and talking around a small table in the private room.

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