Wheeling Ohio-1957: Birthday Party With Guests Drinks And Gifts

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWheeling, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Wheeling Ohio

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Birthday Party With Guests Drinks And Gifts — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a birthday celebration in Wheeling, Ohio. A man in a dark suit and tie sits holding a drink, while an elderly woman in a red shawl and corsage is honored at the party. Guests gather around, some standing, others seated, in a dimly lit room with green walls and household items visible. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American 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: 127278657

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wheeling, Ohio, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. home-movie requests needing domestic birthday-party footage, family gathering inserts, or mid-century private interior atmosphere.
Period detail: The scene may show 1950s party dress, including a dark suit and tie, a corsage, a red shawl, and wrapped gifts inside a modest green-walled room.
Home-movie behavior: Guests appear relaxed and unstaged as the camera observes seated partygoers, drinks, conversation, and attention around the honored older woman.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man with a drink, an elderly woman with a corsage, guests standing nearby, wrapped gifts, red seating, green walls, and dim interior lighting.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color drift, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, family-memory beat, birthday insert, or transition into a broader sequence about private mid-century celebrations.
Historical context: The footage documents a small domestic celebration in Wheeling, Ohio, showing intergenerational guests gathered in a private home setting in 1957.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1957 Wheeling Ohio home movie birthday party, 1950s family gathering, elderly woman corsage, guests with drinks, and 8mm domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wheeling or 1957 home movies, then broader 1950s birthday, family party, and domestic celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1957 Wheeling, Ohio home-movie frame, a suited man sits in a dim room holding a drink during a birthday gathering. — A seated party guest in a dark suit holds a drink beside a green wall.

An elderly woman in a red shawl and corsage sits among guests and wrapped gifts at a 1957 Wheeling, Ohio birthday party. — The honored older woman sits with a corsage as guests and gifts surround her.

The birthday honoree sits beside wrapped presents while nearby guests stand and look on in the dim Wheeling, Ohio interior. — Guests gather around the seated honoree and wrapped presents.

The seated birthday honoree turns toward a standing guest near a wrapped present in the 1957 Wheeling, Ohio home interior. — The honoree turns toward a guest beside the gift table or chair.

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