New York-1963: Boy Leans Over a Woman Holding Up a Bead Necklace by a Stone Fireplace

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
gift giving
family affection
jewelry
1960s domestic life
holiday traditions

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: indoor · Residential living room with a stone fireplace and white mantel wall
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: Warm artificial interior light, evenly exposed
People: 2 · A boy in a pale green short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers leaning over a seated dark-haired woman in a white cardigan with a pink pattern over a pink top, wearing red lipstick
Objects: strand of pale beads · red Christmas stocking · stone fireplace surround · brass andirons · fireplace grate · decorative wall plate · wrapped gifts · red canister · white gift box · holly greenery
Colors: cream · red · stone brown · pale green · pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman looks down at a strand of beads while the boy leans in beside her.
The boy bends lower over her shoulder to look at the necklace.
She lifts the beads and smiles up toward him.
She talks about the gift as the boy keeps watching.

Boy Leans Over a Woman Holding Up a Bead Necklace by a... — Clip Details

Probably New York State, circa 1963, home movie footage of Christmas morning at a stone fireplace. A boy in a pale green shirt leans over a seated dark-haired woman in a white cardigan with a pink pattern as she lifts a long strand of pale beads. The two look at the necklace together while she smiles and talks. A red stocking hangs from the mantel and brass andirons stand in the unlit hearth. The 8mm shot is a single steady medium view, well exposed, with warm colour and visible grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000866

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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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: New York, 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: Answers requests for authentic early-1960s American Christmas morning footage showing a family member admiring a jewelry gift, for documentaries, exhibits and nostalgic holiday cuts.
Period detail: The woman's bouffant hairstyle, patterned cardigan and red lipstick, the stone fireplace with brass andirons and the felt stocking may show a typical early-1960s American home.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged family moment: the boy leans in close and the woman smiles and talks as she shows him her new necklace, filmed by someone else in the room.
What appears in frame: A seated dark-haired woman holding up a strand of beads, a boy in a pale green shirt bending over her, a red stocking on the mantel, brass andirons in a dark hearth, a decorative wall plate and wrapped gifts with greenery.
Film character: Warm 8mm colour with a slight yellow-green cast, fine grain, soft focus and steady framing give the shot the authentic texture of a projected home movie.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway inside a Christmas morning sequence, or as an insert about holiday gifts and family closeness.
Historical context: Exchanging and opening gifts at the family hearth on Christmas morning was a common middle-class American scene, and early-1960s home movies often recorded it.
Research note: The film's copyright and the likeness of the woman and of the boy, who appears to be a minor, are separate questions, and the people are unidentified; the private home interior may also call for caution.
Research search match: 1960s Christmas home movie, 8mm family gift opening, woman with necklace Christmas, vintage fireplace stocking footage, early 1960s mother and son.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's gift shots at the same stone fireplace, such as the boy emptying his stocking and unwrapping the Fun Chemistry set, then with its 1964–65 New York World's Fair footage, then with other 1960s Christmas mornings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1963 Christmas, probably New York: a woman studies a bead necklace as a boy leans in beside a stone fireplace — A woman looks over a new bead necklace as a boy bends in to see, Christmas morning, circa 1963.
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Boy leans over a woman's shoulder to see a bead necklace gift by a stone hearth, circa 1963, likely New York — The boy leans closer over her shoulder for a look at the beads.
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Smiling woman lifts a bead necklace beside a boy at a stone fireplace on Christmas morning, circa 1963, likely New York — She smiles as she lifts the necklace, with a red stocking hanging on the mantel above.
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Early-1960s Christmas home movie, probably New York: woman speaks while showing a strand of beads to a boy by the hearth — Still holding the beads, the woman talks to the boy about her gift.
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