Houston Texas-1952: Woman Drinking at Dimly Lit Party with Guests

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationHouston, Texas, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 Houston Texas

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Woman Drinking at Dimly Lit Party with Guests — Clip Details

A woman in a dark dress and sunglasses sips from a bottle in a dimly lit room, her hand adorned with rings and a bracelet. The grainy 8mm film captures a vintage party atmosphere with other guests visible in the background, including a man in a hat and a woman in a patterned dress. The scene, shot in 1952, features soft lighting and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of home movies from the era. The footage shows people arriving and socializing, with a focus on the woman's relaxed demeanor as she drinks.

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: 127727471

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

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 2153 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: mr quarles
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: houston texas
Date: 1952 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: Houston, Texas, 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: 1950s Houston home-movie party footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or editorial edits needing adults arriving, socializing, and drinking indoors.
Period detail: Visible period clues include dark dresses, sunglasses worn indoors, bottled beer, wrist jewelry, and a dim private-room setting that may show early-1950s party fashion.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged social behavior as adults sit, sip drinks, turn toward the camera, and move through a dim interior during a private gathering.
What appears in frame: The clip shows women in dark dresses, sunglasses, bottled drinks, jewelry, seated guests, a doorway or window glow, a man in a hat, and a patterned dress.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, dim exposure, high window contrast, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, party cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century domestic leisure and adult social scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for private adult socializing in a Houston home setting without proving identities, occasion, or the exact nature of the event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright or collection licensing assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Houston home movie party, 8mm women drinking beer, vintage indoor social gathering, and mid-century private party footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Houston 1952 material, then broader 1950s home-movie party and adult socializing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 Houston home-movie footage, a woman in a dark dress and sunglasses holds a bottle while seated in a dim private interior. — Woman seated indoors with sunglasses and a bottled drink.

A woman in dark clothing drinks from a bottle in a dim Houston interior, with bright window light behind her. — Seated woman drinking from a bottle during the indoor gathering.

The home-movie frame shows a dim party room with a seated figure, strong window glare, and another person partly entering at the right edge. — Dim interior view with guests partly obscured by low light and framing.

A woman in a patterned dress moves through the dim 1952 Houston party interior near bright doorway or window light. — Woman in a patterned dress walking through the party room.

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