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New York-1964: Older Woman in a Red Armchair Lifts a Checked Gift From Its Box

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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
  • gift opening
  • older generation
  • domestic interior
  • 1960s home life
  • holiday tradition
  • family celebration
Shot type
medium
Camera
static
Setting
indoor · Domestic living room with a red upholstered armchair, a side table holding a brass lamp and Christmas cards, a beige wall and a floral curtain
Time and weather
unclear (indoor lamp and film light) · winter · not visible (indoor)
Lighting
Warm artificial interior light with a lit table lamp; soft, even exposure on the subject
People
1 · One grey-haired older woman with hair pinned up, wearing a long-sleeved navy dress with a white collar and a gold ribbon corsage
Objects
red upholstered armchair · white gift box with tissue · cellophane-wrapped red-and-white checked package · gold bow corsage · brass table lamp with cream shade · Christmas cards · blue gift bow · side table · floral curtain
Colors
red · navy blue · beige · white · gold
Master dimensions
3840 × 2160
Audio
Silent
Date confidence
Low
Location confidence
Low

Moments in the footage

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  1. The woman looks down at cellophane wrapping inside a white box on her lap.
  2. She lifts a red-and-white checked package out of the box.
  3. She holds the package up, smiling as she looks at it.
  4. She lowers it and pulls at the cellophane.

Older Woman in a Red Armchair Lifts a Checked Gift From... — Clip Details

Likely New York State, circa 1964 home movie footage shows a grey-haired older woman in a navy dress with a gold bow corsage, seated in a red armchair and opening a Christmas present. She lifts a cellophane-wrapped red-and-white checked item from a white box on her lap, smiles down at it and starts pulling at the wrapping. A brass table lamp, greeting cards and a blue bow sit on the side table behind her. The 8mm shot is a steady medium view lasting about two seconds.

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
800000876

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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

  • older woman
  • grey hair
  • navy dress
  • gold bow corsage
  • red armchair
  • christmas present
  • white gift box
  • red-and-white checked package
  • cellophane wrapping
  • brass table lamp
  • christmas cards
  • blue gift bow
  • floral curtain
  • living room
  • New York USA
  • 1964
  • older woman opening Christmas present
  • grandmother unwrapping gift 1960s
  • 1960s Christmas morning living room
  • 8mm home movie Christmas 1964
  • vintage Christmas gift opening footage
  • woman in red armchair opening box
  • mid-1960s American Christmas at home
  • retro living room brass lamp
  • Christmas cards on side table 1960s
  • elderly woman with corsage at Christmas
  • 1960s home movie grandmother
  • colour 8mm family Christmas film
  • New York home movie circa 1964
  • checked gift wrapped in cellophane
  • senior woman smiling over present
  • 1960s domestic interior red chair
  • archival Christmas footage older generation
  • small-gauge film holiday gift opening
  • vintage Christmas present close medium shot
  • 1960s women's fashion navy dress corsage
  • christmas
  • gift opening
  • older generation
  • domestic interior
  • 1960s home life
  • holiday tradition
  • family celebration
  • 1960s home movie
  • stockfilm exclusive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
It answers requests for an authentic mid-1960s American Christmas moment with an older woman opening a present, for documentary, education or nostalgia productions.
Period detail
The navy dress with a pinned gold corsage, the brass urn-style lamp, the red upholstered armchair and the displayed greeting cards may show typical mid-1960s home furnishing and holiday dress.
Home-movie behavior
She opens the present without performing for the camera, looking down at it with a small private smile, as a relative would have filmed it on the day.
What appears in frame
A grey-haired woman in a navy dress sits in a red armchair holding a white box and a red-and-white checked package, with a brass lamp, Christmas cards and a blue bow beside her and a floral curtain at the edge.
Film character
Soft focus and visible grain from projected 8mm colour film, with rich reds and warm lamp-lit tones that carry the texture of an original home-movie reel.
Edit role
Works as a short memory beat or reaction cutaway within a Christmas sequence, or as an insert between wider holiday shots.
Historical context
The scene reflects the home-centred Christmas gift exchange recorded by many American families on home-movie cameras in the 1960s.
Research note
The woman is identifiable and unnamed, so likeness permission may be needed for some uses, separate from the film copyright; the package label is unreadable and the greeting card art is incidental, and the room is a private home.
Research search match
Researchers would find it with searches like '1960s grandmother opening Christmas present', '8mm Christmas home movie older woman' or 'mid-century living room red armchair'.
Archive pairing path
Pair it first with this reel's later Christmas clips, such as the boy showing off new ice skates and the man opening a large present, then with its World's Fair footage from circa 1964, then with other 1960s Christmas gift-opening clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older woman in a red armchair looks into an open gift box at Christmas, likely New York, circa 1964, 8mm home movie

An older woman looks into an open box on her lap, with a brass lamp and Christmas cards behind her.

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Grandmother figure lifts a checked cellophane-wrapped present from its box beside a brass lamp, circa 1964 Christmas

She lifts a red-and-white checked package out of the box.

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Smiling older woman holds up a red-checked Christmas present in a lamp-lit living room, likely New York, circa 1964

Holding the checked package up, she smiles as she looks at it.

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Woman in a navy dress pulls at the cellophane on a checked gift in a red armchair, mid-1960s Christmas, 8mm film

She lowers the package and starts pulling at its cellophane wrapping.

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