New York-1968: Children Dancing Beside a Birthday Party Table

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 · New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
birthday celebration
social gathering
dancing
domestic life
party clothing
home movie memory

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · Approximately at the children's upper-body level, with slight downward framing
Setting: indoor · Crowded domestic room arranged for a children's birthday party
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Indeterminate · Not visible
Lighting: Uneven interior illumination with a bright curtain background
People: 8 · Approximately eight children are visible across the shot, some partly obscured; clothing includes a yellow short-sleeved shirt, a pink patterned outfit, a striped dress, brown sleeveless garments over white shirts and a white shirt with a black ribbon tie.
Objects: cone party hat · spare paper hats · table · tablecloth · cups · bowl · floral curtains · table lamp · ribbon tie · hair ribbon
Colors: red · pink · yellow · white · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Children dance close together beside the floral curtains.
The child in a cone hat turns toward the camera.
The view shifts left as a striped party dress comes into view.
Dancing continues beside the covered table and spare paper hats.

Children Dancing Beside a Birthday Party Table — Clip Details

Probably in New York state, circa 1968 home movie footage shows children dancing in a room with bright floral curtains. A child wearing a cone party hat and white shirt moves beside children in yellow and pink. The handheld camera shifts left, revealing a striped party dress and a table with cups and spare paper hats. The continuous shot captures overlapping gestures and changing positions in a crowded domestic setting.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004411

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This circa 1968 birthday scene supports documentaries and museum productions seeking children dancing in an American domestic interior.
Period detail: The ribbon ties, patterned outfits, striped party dress and elaborate floral curtains are consistent with circa 1968.
Home-movie behavior: Children turn, bend and move past one another with little apparent coordination for the camera.
What appears in frame: The shot contains a cone hat, a yellow shirt, a pink patterned outfit, a striped dress, floral curtains, cups and a covered party table.
Film character: Warm color, visible grain, soft detail and uneven brightness accompany handheld reframing in this digital capture of projected film.
Edit role: Use the short continuous shot as an energetic party insert or a childhood memory beat between portraits and wider gathering scenes.
Historical context: Party hats, dressed-up children and a table of supplies document the visible material setting of a domestic birthday celebration around circa 1968.
Research note: Children's faces and a private interior are visible; film copyright, likeness permissions and property permissions are separate rights considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1968 children's birthday dancing, paper party hats and color small-gauge home movies, with a tentative New York state attribution.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's boy dancing at home, sofa waving and armchair portrait, then with tentatively New York state material around circa 1968 and other children's birthday scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably in New York state, circa 1968: children dance before floral curtains, with a yellow shirt, pink outfit and cone party hat prominent. — A child in a cone party hat dances beside children in yellow and pink.
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Birthday dancing probably in New York state, circa 1968, with a cone-hatted child at right and children in yellow and pink beside floral curtains. — The cone-hatted child turns sideways as the group continues moving.
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Probably in New York state, circa 1968: a striped party dress enters the dancing group as a child in a brown sleeveless garment bends forward. — A striped party dress appears at left while a foreground child bends down.
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Children dance beside cups and spare paper hats on a covered table, probably in New York state, circa 1968. — The leftward view reveals the covered party table behind the dancing children.
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