United States-1958: Man Carving a Roast Turkey on a Platter at a Set Dinner Table

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1958–1964 · United States · Reel f156f43a contains 15 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

holiday dinner
family meal
food and cooking
domestic ritual
mid-century American home life
hospitality
tradition

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Private home dining table set with a white tablecloth, gold-rimmed china and silverware
Time and weather: undetermined (indoor, artificial light)
Lighting: Bright artificial indoor light with warm colour
People: 1 · An adult man seen only by his hands, forearms and white long-sleeved shirt, carving at the table; his face is not shown.
Objects: roast turkey · oval serving platter · carving knife · china plates with gold rims · forks · spoons · glass of milk · salt shaker · white tablecloth · wristwatch
Colors: golden brown · white · pale green · warm amber
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A man holds the drumstick upright and cuts into the roast bird on its platter.
He grips the leg and pulls it away from the body; a wristwatch shows on his wrist.
The camera moves in close as the carving knife slices white breast meat.
The close view holds on the browned turkey with the leg drawn out over the platter.

Man Carving a Roast Turkey on a Platter at a Set Dinner... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a man in a white shirt carving a roast turkey on an oval platter at a set dinner table. He holds a drumstick upright while working a carving knife into the bird, then grips and pulls the leg away as the camera moves in close on browned skin and sliced white meat. Gold-rimmed china, silverware, a glass of milk and a white tablecloth fill the frame. The 8mm shot is handheld and continuous, in warm, saturated colour.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000971

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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: 1958 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: 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 late-1950s American holiday dinner imagery, giving documentary, education and commercial productions a faceless close-up of turkey carving at a set table.
Period detail: The gold-rimmed floral china, white tablecloth and warm Kodachrome-like colour may show a late-1950s home, consistent with the clothing and appliances seen elsewhere on the reel.
Home-movie behavior: The cameraman films the carver at work rather than the guests, catching the unposed tug of the drumstick and the knife going in as the meal is served.
What appears in frame: A browned roast turkey on an oval platter, a man's hands with a carving knife, a white shirt cuff and wristwatch, gold-rimmed plates, forks and spoons, and a glass of milk on a white tablecloth.
Film character: Handheld 8mm colour with warm, saturated tones, soft edges and fine grain give the shot the textured glow of projected home-movie film.
Edit role: Works as an insert or memory beat inside a holiday sequence, or as a cutaway between family faces at the table.
Historical context: Filming the main dish being carved was a familiar home-movie moment, and this clip shows the formal table setting a family brought out for a special meal.
Research note: No face is shown, but the hands belong to a private individual and the setting is a private home; copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property questions, which buyers should weigh for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches like 1950s turkey dinner home movie, carving the turkey 8mm film, vintage holiday dinner table close-up and mid-century family meal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's women smiling in the kitchen, the older couple laughing on a sofa and the later holiday party clips, then with other late-1950s American home scenes, then with holiday dinner footage from any era.

Still Frames From This Clip

Man holding a drumstick and carving a roast turkey at a set dinner table, United States, circa 1958, 8mm home movie — Carving begins: one hand holds the drumstick while the other works the knife, circa 1958.
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Hands pulling the leg from a roast turkey at a late-1950s American dinner table set with floral china, circa 1958 — The carver grips the bird and pulls the leg away, with place settings laid out in front.
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Close-up of a carving knife in a browned roast turkey on a gold-rimmed platter, home movie, United States, circa 1958 — The camera moves in as the knife slices into the white breast meat.
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Tight close-up of a carved roast turkey with sliced breast meat on a platter, 8mm holiday dinner, United States, circa 1958 — Sliced meat and the browned skin of the carved bird fill the frame at the end of the shot.
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