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New York-1959: Chinese Restaurant Signs And City Street Life

  • Year1959
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Chinese Restaurant Signs And City Street Life — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a bustling New York City street scene. The footage opens on a Chinese restaurant awning reading 'Woo Ping Restaurant' and 'Real Chinese Cooking,' with traditional signage in English and Chinese. The camera pans across narrow urban streets lined with brick buildings and fire escapes, capturing a white van and pedestrians. The final frames show a neon sign for 'Cim Sun' above a storefront, with people walking by at night. The clip features the characteristic green tint, grain, and soft focus of 8mm home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century New York life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125576520

Rights & Clearance

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: Yes
  • 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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • business
  • city
  • street
  • buildings
  • shop
  • people
  • purchasing
  • articles
  • landmarks
  • new york
  • 1959
  • 1959 New York street
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Chinese restaurant sign
  • 1950s city life
  • archival home movie
  • urban street scene
  • neon sign 1959
  • fire escape buildings
  • 8mm film grain
  • retro New York
  • classic American city
  • 1950s storefronts
  • vintage street footage
  • old film footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • New York 1959
  • Chinese cuisine sign
  • city sidewalk
  • 1950s pedestrians
  • 8mm film color

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s New York documentary edits needing brief Chinatown street, storefront, restaurant-sign, or urban neighborhood texture from real 8mm home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York street frame showing a Woo Ping Restaurant awning, Chinese signage, fire escapes, and pedestrians near the storefront.
Woo Ping Restaurant awning and Chinese restaurant signage on a narrow New York street.

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