Boston USA-1974: Wedding Party Waltzing On A Wooden Dance Floor In Front Of A

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationBoston, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Boston

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Wedding Party Waltzing On A Wooden Dance Floor In Front Of A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Boston, USA, in 1974 captures a wedding reception with couples waltzing on a wooden dance floor. Guests in formal attire, including women in white and cream dresses and men in light blue suits, move gracefully under warm, dim lighting. The scene features a rustic wooden interior with patterned curtains and a long table draped in white, evoking a nostalgic, intimate 1970s celebration. The film exhibits natural grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie recordings from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121084631

Rights & Clearance

$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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1387 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: shower,wedding,circus
Reel-level year note: 1974-1977
Reel-level location note: boston,hawaii
Date: 1974 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Boston, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Boston home-movie wedding reception footage suited for documentary or museum edits needing a brief social-dance interior from a private celebration.
Period detail: The light blue formal jackets, long white and cream dresses, wood-paneled room, patterned curtains, and banquet table may show mid-1970s wedding reception style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of couples waltzing while seated guests watch from the edge of the dance floor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several dancing couples, pale formal dresses, light blue suit jackets, a polished wooden dance floor, seated guests, wood-paneled walls, patterned curtains, and a long white-draped table.
Film character: The 8mm footage has warm indoor exposure, visible grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, and a handheld contact-sheet feel consistent with amateur home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, reception cutaway, social-dance insert, or transition into a family celebration sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents formal wedding reception customs in a private interior, with couples dancing together as guests gather around the room.
Research note: People and faces are visible in a private reception interior, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1970s Boston wedding reception, 8mm home movie ballroom dance, vintage wedding waltz, and private family celebration dance floor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Boston 1974 material, and then with 1970s wedding, reception, dance, or family celebration clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1974 Boston home-movie footage, wedding guests in pale dresses and light blue jackets waltz on a wooden dance floor inside a wood-paneled reception room. — Wedding guests waltz on the reception dance floor.

A couple in formal wedding reception attire waltzes near other dancers and a white-draped table in the Boston 1974 home-movie scene. — A couple dances near the reception table.

A foreground couple waltzes on the wooden floor as additional wedding guests stand and sit in the softly lit 1974 Boston reception interior. — Foreground dancers move across the wooden floor.

Several formally dressed couples dance together beside a long white-covered reception table in the warm, grainy 1974 Boston wedding footage. — Multiple couples dance beside the reception table.

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