Boston USA-1974: All Friends Dancing Together At The Party And Having Fun

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

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All Friends Dancing Together At The Party And Having Fun — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Boston, USA, in 1974 captures a lively indoor party with guests dancing and socializing. Men in suits and women in dresses and floral gowns move across a carpeted ballroom under warm, dim lighting. The scene features classic 1970s fashion, including bell-bottoms and patterned fabrics, with guests engaged in conversation and dancing. The film exhibits characteristic grain, color shifts, and soft focus typical of home movie 8mm footage, offering an authentic glimpse into a nostalgic social gathering.

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: 121084876

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports archival requests for 1970s American home-movie party footage, especially documentary or editorial sequences needing an indoor social dance scene from Boston-era private life.
Period detail: Visible period clues include formal suits, dark dresses, floral fabric, long hair, bell-bottom-like trousers, warm ballroom lighting, and soft 8mm color typical of mid-1970s home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement of friends dancing, turning, talking, and drifting through a crowded private party space as the camera watches from the room edge.
What appears in frame: The frames show adult guests in suits and dresses, a floral gown, carpeted flooring, patterned wall curtains, dim interior lighting, tables at the room edge, and multiple small dance-floor groupings.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, muted color shifts, low-light exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, social-life insert, dance-floor cutaway, or transitional glimpse of 1970s private celebration footage.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects a formal indoor social gathering in the 1970s, with adult guests dressed for a party and interacting in a private ballroom or reception-style interior.
Research note: Because identifiable adults and a private interior are visible, users should review likeness and property considerations separately from any copyright assessment for the footage.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1970s Boston home movie party, 8mm friends dancing indoors, vintage private dance footage, and 1974 American social gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Boston or 1974 home-movie material, and then with broader 1970s party, dancing, and private celebration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults at a 1974 Boston indoor party dance and socialize on a carpeted floor under warm, dim lighting, with patterned curtains behind them. — Guests dancing in a dim reception-style room.

Men in suits and women in dresses gather and dance during a 1974 Boston private indoor party, with warm lighting and soft 8mm focus. — Guests gathering and dancing near the wall.

A crowded 1974 Boston home-movie party frame shows adults in formal and patterned clothing moving across a dim dance floor. — Crowded dance floor with formal party clothing.

Adults at a 1974 Boston indoor party dance and gesture near the edge of the room, with tables and seated guests partly visible in soft 8mm footage. — Dancers moving near tables at the room edge.

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