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New York-1964: Man in a Brocade Smoking Jacket Unwrapping a Christmas Gift

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  • Year1964
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1964 · 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
  • gift-giving
  • domestic life
  • 1960s menswear
  • holiday ritual
  • home movies
  • mid-century interiors
Shot type
medium
Camera
handheld · static
Setting
indoor · Residential living room with a decorated Christmas tree, shuttered window, leaf-patterned curtains and a red armchair
Time and weather
day · winter
Lighting
Daylight through window shutters mixed with interior light; strong violet cast on the window and warm, saturated reds on the subject
People
1 · An adult man with short hair and dark-framed glasses, wearing a burgundy brocade shawl-collar smoking jacket over a white shirt, seated and opening a present.
Objects
small box · open gift box · white tissue paper · small dark object · Christmas tree · red ornament · tree lights · window shutters · leaf-patterned curtain · red armchair
Colors
crimson · burgundy · violet · cream · dark green
Master dimensions
3840 × 2160
Audio
Silent
Date confidence
Low
Location confidence
Low

Moments in the footage

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  1. The man holds a small box above an open gift box on his lap.
  2. He lifts the lid of the small box.
  3. He pulls white tissue paper away from the contents.
  4. He draws out a small dark object.
  5. He turns the object in his hands and smiles.

Man in a Brocade Smoking Jacket Unwrapping a Christmas Gift — Clip Details

Likely New York, circa 1964 home movie footage of a man in glasses and a burgundy brocade smoking jacket opening a present beside a decorated Christmas tree and a shuttered window. With an open gift box on his lap, he holds a small box, lifts its lid and pulls away white tissue paper. He draws out a small dark object, turns it in his hands and smiles. Filmed as one handheld 8mm medium close-up with saturated reds, a violet cast on the window light 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
800000873

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel record not linked for this clip
Date
1964 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • man in glasses
  • smoking jacket
  • burgundy brocade
  • christmas gift
  • unwrapping
  • tissue paper
  • gift box
  • christmas tree
  • red ornament
  • shuttered window
  • leaf-patterned curtain
  • red armchair
  • living room
  • smile
  • 1960s menswear
  • New York USA
  • 1964
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  • mid-1960s living room Christmas tree
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  • vintage holiday footage man smiling
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  • archival footage Christmas gift reaction
  • shuttered window Christmas tree 1960s
  • American Christmas home movie 8mm
  • christmas
  • gift-giving
  • domestic life
  • holiday ritual
  • home movies
  • mid-century interiors
  • 1960s home movie
  • stockfilm exclusive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Answers requests for mid-1960s American Christmas footage showing an adult opening a present at home, suited to holiday, family-life and nostalgia segments.
Period detail
The brocade shawl-collar smoking jacket, dark-framed glasses, tissue-wrapped box and tinsel-and-ornament tree may show mid-1960s domestic style.
Home-movie behavior
An unposed moment of a man absorbed in unwrapping a present and smiling at what he finds, filmed from close by someone in the same room.
What appears in frame
A seated man in a burgundy brocade jacket, an open gift box on his lap, white tissue paper, a small dark object, a lit tree with a red ornament and a shuttered window behind.
Film character
Small-gauge 8mm colour with lively grain, saturated reds, a violet shift in the window light and slightly soft handheld focus give a warm period texture.
Edit role
Works as a memory-beat insert or reaction cutaway inside a Christmas sequence, or as a character-driven close on a holiday montage.
Historical context
Dressing up in a smoking jacket for an at-home holiday morning reflects the formal domestic leisure wear seen in some American households of the 1960s.
Research note
The man's face is identifiable and he is unnamed, so likeness releases should be considered separately from the film copyright, and the room is a private home interior.
Research search match
Matches searches such as 1960s Christmas home movie, man opening gift 8mm, vintage smoking jacket footage and circa 1964 holiday film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with this reel's 'Man opens a large Christmas present' and 'Boy shows off new ice skates', then the reel's World's Fair footage of circa 1964, then other Christmas gift-opening clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1964 8mm still, likely New York: man in a burgundy brocade smoking jacket lifts the lid of a small box by a Christmas tree

A man in a brocade smoking jacket opens a small box beside the Christmas tree, likely New York, circa 1964.

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Circa 1964 home movie still, likely New York: man in a red brocade robe handles white tissue paper by a tree with a red ornament

He works the tissue paper loose from the present, with violet daylight on the shutters behind.

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Circa 1964 8mm frame, likely New York: man in a satin brocade jacket pulls tissue paper from a present on his lap near the tree

Looking down, he draws the tissue paper out of the box.

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Circa 1964 Christmas home movie, likely New York: smiling man in glasses and a brocade smoking jacket holds his unwrapped gift

The payoff: he turns the unwrapped item in his hands and smiles, likely New York, circa 1964.

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