United States-1955: Woman in Glasses Opens a Large Gift as Children and a Man Look On

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States

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What is in this clip

family celebration
gift giving
childhood
1950s domestic life
outdoor party
togetherness
home movie memory

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Shaded outdoor family party with a buffet table and trees behind a group gathered around a gift
Time and weather: daytime · summer · fair, in shade
Lighting: Shaded natural daylight, underexposed with a strong blue cast and white flare on glossy surfaces
People: 5 · A woman in dark-framed glasses and a patterned blue dress, a small boy, a girl in a sleeveless white-collared dress with a dark belt, a man in a light shirt with a cigarette, and a guest in a floral dress seen only at the left edge
Objects: large flat gift · ribbon bow · white card · buffet table · food bowls · small cup · cigarette · eyeglasses
Colors: blue · violet · white · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman in glasses handles a large ribboned gift and card while a boy, a girl and a man lean in.
The girl looks toward the camera as the boy smiles at the present.
The woman keeps working at the card while the group watches closely.
The woman looks up into the lens as the man beside her smokes.

Woman in Glasses Opens a Large Gift as Children and a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955, home movie footage shows a woman in glasses and a patterned blue dress opening a large, flat, glossy gift with a ribbon bow and a white card at an outdoor family party. A small boy, a girl in a white-collared sleeveless dress and a man with a cigarette crowd in beside her while another guest reaches in from the left. In the final second the woman looks up into the lens. It is one close handheld shot under shade trees, with a buffet table behind and a strong blue colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000697

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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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 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: 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: Fits requests for 1950s American family celebrations, especially a close, candid gift-opening moment for documentary, education or nostalgic montage use.
Period detail: The girl's belted, full-skirted dress with a white collar, the woman's dark-framed glasses and a man smoking at a family table may show mid-1950s dress and habits.
Home-movie behavior: Relatives crowd in to watch, a boy grins at the gift and the woman glances up at the camera, an unstaged moment filmed by someone standing inside the party.
What appears in frame: A woman in glasses holding a large ribboned gift with a white card, a smiling small boy, a girl in a party dress, a man with a cigarette, a guest's arm in a floral sleeve, and a buffet table under trees.
Film character: Small-gauge colour reversal grain, a deep blue and violet shift, soft focus and handheld drift give the shot an authentic aged home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat inside a celebration sequence, cutting naturally after a cake-cutting shot or before a wider party view.
Historical context: The scene shows an extended family gathered outdoors for a celebration, with children dressed in their best clothes and adults smoking freely among them.
Research note: The film's copyright and the likeness of identifiable adults and minors are separate questions, and the private residential setting carries its own property considerations, so licensing does not settle personality rights.
Research search match: 1950s family opening a gift, vintage 8mm color home movie party, mid-century American family celebration, children at a 1950s garden party.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the couple cutting the celebration cake and the father in a dinner jacket walking children from this reel, then with other circa 1955 family party clips, then with gift-giving and birthday footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1955 home movie in the United States: woman in glasses opens a large ribboned gift while a boy, a girl and a smoking man watch — A woman opens a large ribboned gift as children and a man lean in at an outdoor family party, circa 1955.
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Circa 1955 American family party on 8mm: girl in a belted dress glances at the camera beside a smiling boy and a gift — The girl glances toward the camera while the boy smiles down at the present.
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Mid-1950s home movie, United States: relatives crowd around a glossy gift under shade trees as a guest reaches in — Relatives press close around the gift under shade trees at the party.
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Circa 1955 8mm home movie in the United States: woman in glasses looks into the lens during a gift opening as a man smokes — The woman looks up into the lens from the gift as a man beside her smokes a cigarette.
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