Paramus New Jersey-1959: Man Attempts Cigarette In Bottle Party Trick

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationParamus, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Paramus New Jersey

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Man Attempts Cigarette In Bottle Party Trick — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Paramus, New Jersey, 1959, showing a man in blue trousers and dark shoes standing on a carpeted floor. A glass bottle lies on its side nearby as the man attempts to place a cigarette inside it, a classic 1950s-era party trick. The scene is shot indoors under dim lighting, with a second person in dark clothing partially visible. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film from the late 1950s, capturing a moment of casual, nostalgic domestic entertainment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127287737

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 1097 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: christening kids
Reel-level year note: 1959-1959
Reel-level location note: new jersey
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: Paramus, New Jersey, 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 home-movie requests needing a brief indoor party-trick or casual domestic entertainment insert from Paramus, New Jersey.
Period detail: The blue trousers, dark dress shoes, carpeted room, glass bottle and dim indoor color exposure may show late-1950s informal party attire and home interiors.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged social moment as a man bends toward a bottle on the floor while attempting a small cigarette-in-bottle trick.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include trouser legs, dark shoes, a glass bottle on carpet, a hand near the floor, a cigarette-like object and another person partly cropped in dark clothing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated blue tones, visible grain, soft focus and low-light handheld framing that give the brief scene strong home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, comic memory beat, party insert or transition within a sequence about midcentury social gatherings.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual indoor amusement in a domestic setting, with the camera focused on the floor-level mechanics of the trick rather than faces.
Research note: People are partially visible, so copyright, likeness and context review may still be needed even though no logos or clear private-property identifiers are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Paramus home movie, 1950s party trick, cigarette in bottle, indoor 8mm social gathering and vintage domestic amusement footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Paramus or 1959 home-movie material, then broader clips of party games, bottles or casual indoor gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1959 Paramus home-movie frame, a man in blue trousers stands near a glass bottle lying on carpet. — A man stands over a glass bottle on the carpet as the party trick begins.

The frame shows the bottle beside the standing man's shoes, with another person partly cropped at the edge. — The bottle rests near the man's shoes on the carpeted floor.

A person in dark clothing bends partly into frame while reaching near the bottle beside the man in blue trousers. — A hand moves toward the bottle as the floor-level trick is attempted.

The final frame shows a crouched or bent figure near the bottle and the standing man's legs in the dim indoor scene. — The trick continues with one person bent near the bottle and another standing close by.

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