Houston Texas-1952: Men In Suits And Printed Ties Smile With Their Beer Cans In

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Men In Suits And Printed Ties Smile With Their Beer Cans In — Clip Details

HOUSTON TEXAS-1952: A man in a dark suit and patterned tie smiles while holding a beer can in a dimly lit indoor setting. The grainy 8mm film captures a candid moment, with another man in a brown jacket and colorful tie appearing later, also holding a can. The scene, shot on vintage 8mm film, features a circular window with blue light and a brick wall, evoking a nostalgic 1950s office party or social gathering. The footage has a raw, authentic home movie quality with visible film grain and low-light conditions.

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: 127727582

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports 1950s Houston archival requests needing brief social-gathering footage of adult men in suits holding cans indoors.
Period detail: The suits, narrow ties, patterned neckwear, canned drinks, low indoor lighting, and 8mm color stock may show early-1950s middle-class social style.
Home-movie behavior: The men smile, turn toward the camera, and hold their drinks casually, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie record of adult social behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, suits, patterned ties, drink cans, a dim brick-walled interior, seating, and a bright rounded window or wall opening.
Film character: The scan has soft focus, visible grain, low-light color shifts, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quick insert, social transition, workplace-party cutaway, or memory beat within a 1950s Texas domestic or civic sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small view of adult male sociability in a private indoor setting without confirming the event, workplace, or exact relationship between subjects.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to separate copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Houston home movie men in suits, 8mm office party beer cans, Texas social gathering footage, and vintage indoor candid smiles.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Houston 1952 interiors, then broader 1950s adult social-gathering and workplace-celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1952 Houston home-movie footage, a man in a dark suit and patterned tie smiles in a dim interior while holding a can. — A suited man smiles toward the camera while holding a can in a dim indoor setting.

A suited man in the 1952 Houston clip turns sideways in a dim room, with a bright rounded opening behind him and a can in his hands. — The man turns away from the camera while standing with a can inside the room.

A second adult man appears in the 1952 Houston footage, wearing a brown jacket and colorful tie while holding a can in a dark interior. — A man in a brown jacket and bright tie stands with a can near seating and a wall opening.

The man in the brown jacket smiles toward the camera in the supported 1952 Houston home-movie scene, holding a can beside a bright wall opening. — The second man smiles toward the camera with a can in hand in the dim interior.

Visually Similar Clips