New York-1964: Boy Unwrapping a Long Wooden Rod Gift in a Red Armchair

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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 opening
childhood
family home life
1960s domestic interiors
anticipation and reveal
American holiday traditions

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: indoor · Private home living room with a red upholstered armchair, printed curtains and a dark wooden door frame
Time and weather: daytime · winter
Lighting: Warm interior light with bright daylight glowing through pale curtains behind the subject
People: 1 · One dark-haired boy, apparently in his early teens, wearing a grey short-sleeved button-front shirt, dark trousers and a wristwatch, looking down at his gift
Objects: long wrapped Christmas gift · red-and-white wrapping paper · varnished wooden rod with red thread bands · red upholstered armchair · curtains with branch and leaf print · wristwatch · dark wooden door frame · patterned rug
Colors: red · cream · grey · dark brown · warm yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy bends over a long wrapped package lying across his lap in the red armchair.
He works his fingers along the paper, loosening the wrapping.
He pulls a wad of paper off the left end, exposing a varnished wooden rod.
More of the rod shows, with red thread bands, as he slides the paper back.

Boy Unwrapping a Long Wooden Rod Gift in a Red Armchair — Clip Details

Probably New York State, circa 1964 home movie footage of a boy in a grey short-sleeved shirt sitting in a red armchair at Christmas. Bent over his lap, he tears red-and-white wrapping paper from a long, thin package and pulls a wad of it off one end to uncover a varnished wooden rod with red thread bands, which may be a fishing rod. Curtains with a branch and leaf print hang behind him. It is filmed in one close medium shot on 8mm colour film, with saturated reds and visible grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upInterior
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: 800000874

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Solves a request for authentic mid-1960s American Christmas gift-opening footage, useful for documentaries, education pieces and nostalgia-led productions.
Period detail: The saturated red armchair, branch-print curtains, button-front short-sleeved shirt and patterned gift wrap may show a typical mid-1960s American living room.
Home-movie behavior: The boy is unposed and absorbed, ignoring the camera as he works the paper loose, which gives an honest record of a private family Christmas.
What appears in frame: A boy in a grey short-sleeved shirt, a bright red armchair, a long gift in red-and-white paper, a varnished rod coming into view, printed curtains and a dark door frame.
Film character: 8mm colour film with warm, saturated reds, soft focus, fine grain and slight handheld drift gives the clip a real home-projection texture.
Edit role: Works as a gift-reveal insert or memory beat within a Christmas sequence, or as a cutaway in a montage about 1960s childhood.
Historical context: Shows a home Christmas recorded by an American family that also filmed the 1964–65 New York World's Fair, an example of amateur holiday filming in that period.
Research note: The film's copyright and the likeness of the identifiable minor are separate matters, and the private home interior is a third consideration; check use terms with Stockfilm before licensing, especially for commercial work.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1960s 8mm Christmas home movie, boy unwrapping present vintage, mid-century family Christmas footage and circa 1964 gift opening.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's Christmas stocking, Fun Chemistry set and ice skates clips, then its 1964–65 World's Fair footage, then other 1960s Christmas gift-opening material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1964 Christmas, probably New York State: a boy on a red armchair begins unwrapping a long, thin gift on 8mm home movie film — A boy settles into a red armchair with a long, thin Christmas package across his lap, circa 1964.
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Boy loosening red-and-white gift wrap on a long package in a 1960s living room, probably New York State, circa 1964 — He works his fingers along the paper to loosen the wrapping.
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Circa 1964 8mm home movie: a boy tears paper from a long Christmas gift to expose a wooden rod, probably in New York State — Paper comes away from one end, showing a varnished wooden rod beneath.
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Boy reveals a long wooden rod, possibly a fishing rod, at a mid-1960s family Christmas, probably New York State, circa 1964 — More of the rod appears, banded with red thread, as he slides the wrapping back.
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