United States-1976: Man Pulling Meat off a Roast Turkey and Tasting His Fingers

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1974–1977 · California & United States · Reel 509bfdf8 contains 10 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 meal
home cooking
domestic life
1970s interiors
food
family gathering
kitchen work

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Residential kitchen with wood-panelled cabinets, yellow countertops and a yellow-green refrigerator
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: Indoor artificial light with warm yellow-green cast and dim background
People: 2 · An adult man with glasses, a moustache, a dark brown short-sleeved shirt, a wristwatch and a reddish-brown belt; an adult woman with short dark hair in a white sweater and dark trousers working behind him.
Objects: roast turkey · platter of pulled meat · kitchen counter · refrigerator · wood-panelled cabinets · cutting boards · wristwatch · light switch plate · stove
Colors: yellow-green · dark brown · cream · orange
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The man smiles and pulls meat from the roast turkey by hand.
He leans over the carcass, working meat loose while the woman behind him works at the counter.
He straightens and raises a finger to his mouth to taste the meat.
He turns back down to the bird to keep picking.

Man Pulling Meat off a Roast Turkey and Tasting His Fingers — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1976, home movie footage shows a man with glasses, a moustache and a brown short-sleeved shirt at a kitchen counter beside a roast turkey and a platter of pulled meat. He pulls meat from the bird by hand, raises a finger to his mouth to taste it, then turns back to the carcass while a woman in a white sweater works at the counter behind him. The single handheld Super 8 shot is framed at medium distance, with yellow-green colour, wood-panelled cabinets and a yellow-green refrigerator.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorHandheld
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000998

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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: 1976 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 1970s American holiday or family-meal kitchen footage, suited to documentaries, food history pieces and nostalgic commercial inserts.
Period detail: A yellow-green refrigerator, yellow countertops, dark wood-panelled cabinets, a moustache with large glasses and a dark short-sleeved shirt may show a mid-to-late 1970s home.
Home-movie behavior: The man snacks on the meat while he works and licks his finger, an unguarded moment of a family member caught mid-task rather than posing.
What appears in frame: A man in glasses and a brown shirt, a roast turkey carcass, a platter of pulled white meat, a woman in a white sweater at the back counter, a yellow-green refrigerator and wood-panelled cabinets.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with a strong yellow-green cast, visible grain, soft focus in the background and brief motion blur when the hand moves.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat inside a holiday-meal sequence, between preparation shots and the dinner table.
Historical context: The scene shows a home kitchen in use for a holiday turkey meal, filmed on Super 8, the common home movie gauge from 1965 until videotape spread in the 1980s.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness rights of the two identifiable adults, who are unnamed, and the clip shows a private home interior.
Research search match: 1970s kitchen home movie, Super 8 holiday turkey, man tasting food vintage, retro family dinner preparation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Family holiday dinner, couple laughing in kitchen and woman stripping a turkey carcass clips, then other mid-1970s US interiors, then holiday cooking footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Smiling man pulls meat from a roast turkey in a wood-panelled kitchen in the United States, circa 1976, Super 8 — A man pulls meat from the roast turkey while a woman in a white sweater works at the counter behind him.
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Man leaning over a turkey carcass at a yellow kitchen counter, United States, circa 1976 home movie — Leaning in, the man works meat loose from the carcass by hand.
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Man with moustache tastes turkey from his finger in a 1970s American kitchen, circa 1976, Super 8 film — He straightens up and raises a finger to his mouth to taste the meat.
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Man licking his fingers over a roast turkey in a wood-panelled US kitchen, circa 1976, handheld Super 8 — His hand blurs as he licks his fingers before turning back to the bird.
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