New Jersey-1958: Women Singing And Dancing In Black Dresses

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New Jersey

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Women Singing And Dancing In Black Dresses — Clip Details

NEW JERSEY-1958: Four young women in elegant black strap dresses with white beaded trim pose and smile at the camera in a dimly lit indoor setting. Their vintage 1950s hairstyles and pearl-like earrings enhance the nostalgic atmosphere. The women wave and laugh joyfully, capturing a candid moment of celebration. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features natural grain and warm color tones, evoking a classic home movie feel. The clip documents a lively social event, likely a party or formal gathering, with the women's expressions radiating happiness and camaraderie.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125506982

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New Jersey, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s social-life edits needing home-movie footage of young women dressed for a party or formal gathering in New Jersey.
Period detail: The strap dresses with white trim, pearl-like earrings, styled hair, and warm indoor flash exposure support a late-1950s home-movie reading.
Home-movie behavior: The women pose, wave, smile, and laugh toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged feeling of friends performing briefly for a home-movie operator.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four women in matching dark dresses, white shoulder trim, dangling earrings, waved hairstyles, raised hands, smiles, and a dim plain interior wall.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm color, slight motion blur, and uneven indoor exposure typical of handheld home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for mid-century parties, friendship, performance, or domestic celebration sequences.
Historical context: The scene appears to document a private or semi-private social gathering where young women briefly pose and perform for the camera.
Research note: Faces are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright and privacy questions should be assessed separately from any footage license.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1958 New Jersey home movie women dancing, 1950s party dresses, young women singing, and 8mm social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other New Jersey 1958 material, then broader 1950s party, dancing, and women’s fashion footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Four young women in matching dark dresses with white trim pose indoors in 1958 New Jersey home-movie footage. — Four dressed-up women pose together for the camera in a dim indoor setting.

Two young women in dark formal dresses smile and wave indoors in 1958 New Jersey home-movie footage. — Two women smile and gesture toward the camera during the gathering.

A young woman in a dark dress with white trim smiles with a raised hand in 1958 New Jersey home-movie footage. — A smiling woman raises her hand close to the camera.

Two young women in dark dresses with white trim stand close together indoors in 1958 New Jersey home-movie footage. — Two women in matching evening-style dresses share the frame near the end of the shot.

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