Nebraska-1955: A Couple Drinking Beer on the Sofa at Home

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 Nebraska

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A Couple Drinking Beer on the Sofa at Home — Clip Details

NEBRASKA-1955: A woman with blonde hair in a white blouse and black skirt sits on a striped sofa, her legs crossed, as a man in a light-colored shirt and tie joins her. He sips a beer from a glass while she smiles, both relaxing in a mid-century living room. A vintage ashtray rests on a small table between them, and a rotary phone sits on a side table. Shot on 8mm film, this home movie captures a candid moment of domestic life with warm, slightly faded colors and authentic film grain.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127461740

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: 1955 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: Nebraska, 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: 1950s Nebraska home-movie footage for productions needing a brief domestic leisure moment with adults relaxing indoors over beer.
Period detail: The striped sofa, rotary telephone, ashtray stand, dress shirt and tie, and woman's blouse and skirt may show mid-century American living-room style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the casual posture, quiet conversation, and the man sipping from a glass while seated beside the woman.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a striped sofa, seated woman, seated man, beer glass, ashtray stand, rotary telephone, side table, and living-room wall.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a home-movie contact-frame feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, domestic cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a sequence about mid-century home life.
Historical context: The scene documents adults in a private interior, suggesting everyday social relaxation at home without identifying the people or occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Nebraska home movie couple on sofa, adults drinking beer at home, rotary phone living room, and 8mm domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nebraska 1955 interiors, then broader 1950s domestic leisure and social-drinking scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1955 Nebraska home interior, a woman sits cross-legged on a striped sofa near a rotary telephone and small table. — A woman sits on the striped sofa in a mid-century living room, with a rotary phone on the side table.

In the Nebraska home-movie frame, a woman and man sit on a striped sofa while the man holds a glass of beer. — The man sits beside the woman and holds a beer glass in the living room.

The man drinks from a beer glass beside the seated woman in a 1955 Nebraska living-room home movie. — The man raises the beer glass to drink as the woman sits nearby on the sofa.

A woman sits on the striped sofa in the Nebraska home interior, with a rotary telephone visible on the side table. — The woman remains seated on the sofa, framed with the rotary telephone and ashtray stand nearby.

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