United States-1964: Woman in a Floral Dress Unwrapping Brown-Paper Parcels on a Sofa

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · 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

gift-giving
receiving mail
domestic life
1960s fashion
home interiors
family home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · living room of a private home with a sofa and patterned wallpaper
Time and weather: unknown (interior, artificial light)
Lighting: warm artificial interior light with an amber cast
People: 1 · One adult woman with short curled dark hair and red lipstick, wearing an orange and yellow floral shirtwaist dress and a ring.
Objects: cardboard box with printed label · brown-paper-wrapped packages · brown sofa · orange cushion · patterned wallpaper · white door trim
Colors: amber · orange · yellow · brown · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman holds a stack of brown-paper packages beside an open cardboard box.
She pulls at the wrapping on the top package while looking down.
Focus softens briefly as she leans forward over the stack.
She lifts the top package clear and keeps working at the paper.

Woman in a Floral Dress Unwrapping Brown-Paper Parcels... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1964, home movie footage shows a dark-haired woman in an orange and yellow floral dress seated on a brown sofa, lifting flat packages wrapped in brown paper out of a cardboard box with a printed label. She pulls at the wrapping on the top package while looking down at the stack in her lap. The single handheld 8mm shot frames her at medium distance against beige and dark green patterned wallpaper, in warm amber colour with a brief soft-focus moment midway.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000981

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$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: Yes
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: 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 early-1960s American domestic footage of a woman opening packages, for stories on gifts, mail or home life.
Period detail: Her short curled hairstyle, floral shirtwaist dress, red lipstick and patterned wallpaper may show early-1960s American home style.
Home-movie behavior: She is absorbed in the wrapping and pays the camera no attention, giving an unposed moment of someone handling parcels at home.
What appears in frame: A woman in a floral dress, a stack of brown-paper packages, a cardboard box with a printed label, a brown sofa, an orange cushion and beige and green wallpaper.
Film character: Warm amber 8mm colour with visible grain, a handheld frame, a brief soft-focus passage and a ragged mark along the right edge give period texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat in a gift-giving or mail sequence, or as an insert of domestic routine.
Historical context: Parcels wrapped in brown paper and opened from a cardboard box show how goods and gifts arrived in homes before plastic mailers became common.
Research note: The woman is identifiable and unnamed, and the box label carries an unreadable printed emblem; film copyright, her likeness and the private home are separate matters to assess for each use.
Research search match: 1960s woman unwrapping parcels, vintage 8mm home movie opening gifts, early 1960s American living room footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's party clips such as 'Men in ties laughing at a party' and 'Older couple laughing on a sofa', then other circa-1964 American interiors, then gift-opening footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in an orange and yellow floral dress holding wrapped packages on a sofa in a United States home, circa 1964 — A woman sits with a stack of brown-paper packages and a labelled cardboard box, circa 1964.
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Dark-haired woman tugging at brown wrapping paper on a package in an early-1960s American living room — She pulls at the wrapping on the top package.
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Briefly blurred 8mm frame of a woman leaning over brown-paper parcels on a sofa, United States, circa 1964 — The focus softens for a moment as she leans over the parcels.
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Woman in a floral shirtwaist dress lifting a brown-paper package from a box in a 1960s American home movie — She lifts the top package clear and keeps working at the paper.
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