Wisconsin-1964: Two Men Sit On A Couch Drinking Beer During The Holidays

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Wisconsin

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Two Men Sit On A Couch Drinking Beer During The Holidays — Clip Details

WISCONSIN-1964: Two men relax on a green couch in a warmly lit living room, one bald and wearing a light-colored shirt, the other in a green and white plaid shirt. They appear to be conversing casually while drinking beer, with a bottle visible between them. The scene captures a quiet, intimate moment of domestic life, with a vintage 'Merry Christmas' sign hanging on the wall. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features warm color tones, natural film grain, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the mid-1960s.

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: 127602795

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$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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Wisconsin, 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 1960s domestic holiday footage, especially documentary or education edits needing an informal Wisconsin living-room gathering with adults drinking beer.
Period detail: The green couch, plaid shirt, warm interior lighting, beer bottle, and wall-hung Merry Christmas decoration may show mid-1960s holiday home decor and dress.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear relaxed and unposed, seated close together as the camera observes a quiet conversation or pause during a family holiday gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a green couch, plaid shirt, light shirt, beer bottle, curtained doorway, wall decor, and a Merry Christmas sign.
Film character: The 8mm footage has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic holiday insert, memory beat, social cutaway, or transition between broader Christmas or family-gathering scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers a small view of adult leisure inside a private Wisconsin home, with holiday decor suggesting a seasonal family or social visit.
Research note: Faces, private interior property, and possible bottle labeling are visible, so likeness, property, and trademark review may be needed apart from film copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Wisconsin home movie Christmas living room, 8mm men drinking beer on couch, and 1960s domestic holiday gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1964 interiors, then broader 1960s Christmas, beer, couch, or family gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1964 Wisconsin home interior, two adult men sit on a green couch, one in a light shirt and one partly visible in plaid. — Two men seated on a green couch during a holiday gathering.

A plaid-shirted man sits on a green couch in a Wisconsin living room, with another seated man and a beer bottle partly visible. — Plaid-shirted man seated on the couch with a beer bottle nearby.

The camera shifts across the living room, showing the plaid-shirted man partly cropped beside wall decor and a curtained doorway. — Cropped view of the seated man as the handheld camera moves.

A Merry Christmas decoration hangs on the wall of the private living room, with couch fabric and a partial figure at the edge. — Holiday wall decoration inside the living room.

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