New York-1964: Grinning Boy in a Red Armchair Holds Up a Christmas Gift

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration2s
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
childhood
gift giving
family life
1960s domestic interior
home movies
holiday celebration

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Family living room with a red upholstered armchair and leaf-print curtains
Time and weather: day · winter
Lighting: Bright warm interior light with light-coloured curtains behind
People: 1 · A boy of about ten to twelve with a short haircut, wearing a grey short-sleeved collared shirt, dark trousers and a wristwatch, seated in an armchair and grinning at the camera.
Objects: red armchair · small Christmas gift · wristwatch · leaf-print curtains
Colors: red · grey · cream · dark green · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy sits in a red armchair, smiling and holding a gift out toward the camera.
He keeps the gift raised with both hands and looks straight into the lens.
His smile widens into a broad grin.
He holds the gift steady toward the camera, still grinning.

Grinning Boy in a Red Armchair Holds Up a Christmas Gift — Clip Details

Likely New York, circa 1964 home movie footage of a family Christmas in a living room. A boy with a short haircut, in a grey collared shirt and dark trousers, sits in a red armchair and grins straight into the camera. He grips a small gift in both hands and holds it out toward the lens for the whole shot, his smile widening toward the end. Filmed as one steady handheld medium shot on 8mm, slightly soft, with leaf-print curtains behind the chair and warm, saturated colour.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000875

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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: 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: Fits requests for mid-1960s American family Christmas footage, giving documentaries and education pieces a direct, joyful child reaction to a gift.
Period detail: The red upholstered armchair, leafy printed curtains, short boys' haircut and collared shirt may show a typical mid-1960s American home interior.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a boy proudly pointing his new present at the family camera and grinning straight back at whoever is filming.
What appears in frame: A grinning boy, a grey collared shirt and dark trousers, a small gift held in both hands, a wristwatch, a red armchair and leaf-patterned curtains.
Film character: Warm, saturated 8mm colour with a strong red, visible grain and slightly soft focus give the shot an authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or reaction insert in a Christmas sequence, or as a warm closing cutaway on a 1960s childhood montage.
Historical context: It shows how families of the period used home movie cameras to record children receiving and showing off Christmas presents.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the identifiable unnamed minor and from the private home shown, so permissions for likeness and property need to be considered separately.
Research search match: vintage 8mm Christmas boy with gift, 1960s home movie child smiling at camera, mid-century family holiday living room footage
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's 'Boy shows off new ice skates' and 'Man opens a large Christmas present', then its 1964–65 World's Fair clips, then other mid-1960s Christmas home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Smiling boy in a red armchair holds a Christmas gift toward the camera, likely New York, circa 1964 — A boy holds out a Christmas gift from a red armchair, circa 1964.
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Boy looks into the lens holding a gift raised in both hands, mid-1960s living room, likely New York — Holding his gift up with both hands, the boy looks straight into the lens.
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Boy grins broadly while pointing a new gift at the camera during a family Christmas, circa 1964, 8mm — His smile widens as he points the present toward the camera.
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Grinning boy holds his Christmas gift steady for the family camera, likely New York, circa 1964 home movie — Still grinning, he holds the gift steady for the camera at the end of the shot.
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