New York-1963: Red Christmas Stocking Hanging Over a Lit Fireplace

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1963–1964 · New York · Reel 98b3f33f contains 16 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

Christmas
holiday decorations
home and hearth
family tradition
mid-century domestic life
winter warmth
anticipation of Christmas morning

Shot type: medium
Camera: static
Setting: indoor · home living room with fireplace decorated for Christmas
Time and weather: day · winter
Lighting: indoor artificial light with warm firelight in the hearth
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Objects: red Christmas stocking · white painted mantel · Christmas cards · ivy in a yellow pot · evergreen sprigs · decorative wall plate · tinsel-draped Christmas tree · white ornament · stone fireplace surround · burning fire · dark rounded object at lower left
Readable signs: Ricky
Colors: red · off-white · brown · green · orange
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Static framing of a red stocking on a white mantel above a burning fire.
Flames flare up in the firebox beneath the stocking.
The shot holds steady on the stocking, cards and tinsel tree as the fire flickers.

Red Christmas Stocking Hanging Over a Lit Fireplace — Clip Details

Likely New York State, circa 1963, home movie footage of a red Christmas stocking hanging from a white painted mantel above a lit fireplace with a brown stone surround. Christmas cards, ivy in a yellow pot and evergreen sprigs line the mantel shelf, a decorative wall plate hangs at left, and a tinsel-draped tree with a white ornament fills the right edge. Flames flicker in the firebox below. The 8mm camera holds one steady, static framing for about three seconds.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotInterior
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: 800000868

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People visible: No
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 an authentic early-1960s Christmas hearth establishing shot for documentaries, museum media or holiday-themed commercial work.
Period detail: A felt stocking with a script name, rows of greeting cards on a painted mantel and tinsel on the tree may show typical early-1960s American holiday decorating.
Home-movie behavior: The family filmed their own decorated fireplace as a keepsake, a quiet unstaged record of how the room looked before or during the gift opening.
What appears in frame: A red stocking hangs from a white mantel above a burning fire, with Christmas cards and potted ivy on the shelf, a round plate on the wall and a tinsel tree at right.
Film character: Steady 8mm frame with visible grain, slight projection weave and a green-yellow colour cast, while the red stocking and orange flames stay vivid.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or transition into a Christmas morning sequence, or as a short cutaway or memory beat in a holiday montage.
Historical context: The mantel display of cards, stockings and a tinsel tree reflects the domestic Christmas customs widely recorded in American home movies of the period.
Research note: No people appear, but a personal first name is written on the stocking and the printed Christmas cards and wall plate may carry their own copyrights; footage rights are separate from any property considerations for this private home.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s Christmas fireplace footage, vintage 8mm stocking over fire, or early-1960s home movie holiday mantel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's boy emptying his stocking and the couples unwrapping gifts by the fire, then other circa 1963 New York family footage, then Christmas morning clips from other reels.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red Christmas stocking on a white mantel over a lit stone fireplace in a home likely in New York, circa 1963 — A red stocking hangs over a low fire, with Christmas cards on the mantel and a tinsel tree at right, circa 1963.
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Flames rise under a hanging red stocking in an 8mm home movie of a Christmas hearth, likely New York, circa 1963 — The fire flares up beneath the stocking while ivy and greeting cards line the mantel above.
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Early-1960s Christmas mantel with a red stocking, wall plate and tinsel tree beside a lit fire, likely New York — A round decorative plate and a tinsel-covered tree frame the stocking and fire on either side.
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Red stocking with a name on its white cuff hanging over a burning fire, 8mm home movie, circa 1963 — The shot holds steady on the stocking, its white cuff marked with a handwritten name, as the fire burns below.
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