New York-1959: A Boy Enjoys His Dance And Moving In The Room With Some Grace

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Boy Enjoys His Dance And Moving In The Room With Some... — Clip Details

A young boy in a light-colored shirt and dark pants dances energetically in a room, captured on 8mm film in 1959. The footage shows his graceful movements and joyful expression, with soft lighting and a slightly blurred background suggesting motion. The grainy texture and color fading typical of vintage home movies add to the nostalgic atmosphere. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse into a child's playful moment during the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125573962

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1959 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 New York home-movie requests needing a brief domestic childhood dance or family-room memory beat.
Period detail: The light clothing, soft interior setting and 8mm color home-movie rendering may show a late-1950s household scene, with the 1959 New York date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage captures an unstaged child moving energetically for the camera in a room, giving editors a candid family-play moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a child in a light shirt and dark pants, an indoor room, soft furnishings or curtains, a door or wall area, heavy exposure and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a faded color palette, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure and handheld home-movie framing that read as original 8mm texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition or memory beat for family life, childhood play or late-1950s domestic scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers a small view of mid-century home life through amateur family filming, centered on a child's movement rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a likely minor are visible, so likeness and child-use review may be needed; copyright, privacy and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1959 New York 8mm home movie child dancing indoors, 1950s family room footage and vintage domestic childhood play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 New York interiors, then broader 1950s home-movie clips of children playing or dancing.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York 8mm home-movie frame showing a child in light clothing moving in a softly lit room. — A child moves through an overexposed interior frame during a home-movie dance moment.

Faded 1959 New York home-movie frame with the child partially visible in an indoor room as the camera catches motion blur. — The child is partially obscured by exposure and motion inside the room.

1959 New York 8mm frame showing the child continuing to move or dance in a softly focused domestic interior. — A bright, soft-focus frame catches the child mid-movement in the room.

Faded 1959 New York home-movie frame with the child close to the camera in a bright, overexposed room. — The child's movement fills much of the frame as the home movie reaches its final moment.

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