United States-1977: Man in a Yellow Shirt Holds Up a Blue Bird Piñata on a Stick

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · 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

house party
party games
piñata
1970s home interior
domestic entertaining
adult leisure
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld · eye level
Setting: indoor · Home dining room with wood trim, a glass-fronted china cabinet, a hanging slag-glass swag lamp, a doorway and a gold garland strung below the ceiling
Time and weather: evening
Lighting: Warm artificial tungsten room light with a strong yellow-green cast; the hanging lamp is overexposed
People: 2 · A middle-aged man in glasses, a yellow short-sleeved shirt with a small red badge and dark trousers stands holding the piñata; the grey curly hair of a seated guest is seen from behind in the lower right corner.
Objects: blue bird piñata · white stick · slag-glass swag lamp · lamp chain · china cabinet · glassware · gold garland · wristwatch · eyeglasses · chair back · wall plant
Colors: yellow · olive green · dark brown · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The man bends beside the hanging lamp, reaching for a white stick.
He lifts the stick and the blue bird piñata rises into view.
He holds the piñata out at shoulder height, other hand on his hip.
He tips the stick upward while looking down toward the guests.

Man in a Yellow Shirt Holds Up a Blue Bird Piñata on a Stick — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1977, home movie footage shows an evening house party in a wood-trimmed dining room. A man in glasses and a yellow short-sleeved shirt stoops to pick up a white stick, then raises it with a blue bird piñata hanging from it, his other hand on his hip. A glowing glass swag lamp, a china cabinet of glassware and a gold garland frame him, and a seated guest's grey head fills the lower corner. It is one steady Super 8 shot in warm tungsten 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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001001

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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: 1977 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: Fits requests for late-1970s American house party footage, especially a piñata game in a period dining room for documentary, museum or nostalgia productions.
Period detail: The slag-glass swag lamp on a chain, glass-fronted china cabinet, paper garland and short-sleeved knit shirt may show a typical late-1970s American home interior.
Home-movie behavior: A guest at the party films a host or relative casually showing off the piñata, hand on hip, as seated guests look on in an unstaged moment of home entertaining.
What appears in frame: A man in glasses and a yellow shirt, a blue bird piñata hanging from a white stick, a glowing glass swag lamp, a china cabinet of glassware, a gold garland and the grey head of a seated guest.
Film character: Super 8 grain, soft focus and a heavy yellow-green tungsten cast give the shot a warm period texture, with the lamp blooming to near white at frame left.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat within a party sequence, or as an insert to introduce a piñata game.
Historical context: The scene shows a piñata game played at an evening home gathering of adults, set among furnishings common in American homes of the period.
Research note: The man's face is identifiable and he is unnamed, so likeness and publicity releases may be needed; the private home interior is separate from the film's copyright and no logos are visible.
Research search match: 1970s piñata party home movie, Super 8 house party footage, man holding piñata, vintage dining room swag lamp, circa 1977 American home interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's family holiday dinner, man carving the holiday turkey and two women posing cheek to cheek, then with other circa 1977 US interiors, then with party game footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Man in a yellow shirt reaches for a piñata stick beside a slag-glass swag lamp at a house party in the United States, circa 1977 — A man in glasses stoops for the piñata stick, hand on hip, beside a hanging glass lamp and china cabinet.
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Man lifts a blue bird piñata on a stick in a 1970s dining room with a china cabinet, United States, circa 1977 — He lifts the stick, and the blue bird piñata swings up beside the lamp.
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Blue bird piñata held out on a stick at an evening home party in the United States, circa 1977, Super 8 film — The man holds the blue bird piñata out at shoulder height for the guests to see.
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Man in a yellow shirt angles a piñata stick upward at a late-1970s house party in the United States, circa 1977 — Near the end of the shot he tips the stick upward, still looking down toward the seated guests.
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