Harlem New York USA-1976: Girls Dancing And Enjoying Party In Home Setting

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationHarlem, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Harlem New York

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Girls Dancing And Enjoying Party In Home Setting — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Harlem, New York, USA, in 1976, capturing a lively indoor party scene. The clip features young women in colorful, 1970s-style clothing, including a woman in a purple top with a red brooch, dancing and laughing with joy. The footage exhibits a strong purple color cast and grainy texture typical of Super 8 film, with slight camera movement and soft focus. The setting appears to be a home with patterned curtains, creating an intimate, nostalgic atmosphere of celebration and community. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into everyday life and social gatherings in 1970s Harlem.

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: 121483891

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 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: Harlem, 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

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: Useful for archival requests needing 1970s Harlem home-movie footage of an indoor social gathering, youth culture, dancing, or everyday celebration for documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1970s-style clothing, a bright red brooch, patterned curtains, soft indoor lighting, and domestic party behavior that matches the supplied 1976 Harlem metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged closeness: women smile, dance, lean together, and react to the camera inside a private home setting.
What appears in frame: The frames show close faces, women in colorful tops, patterned curtains, a red brooch, soft indoor shadows, and handheld framing around a small party group.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong purple color shift, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, social-life insert, transition, or cutaway for 1970s Harlem domestic celebration and informal dancing.
Historical context: The clip offers a brief view of social life in a Harlem home, with attention on friendship, movement, clothing, and intimate interior space rather than public events.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright licensing decision.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 1976 Harlem home movie party, 1970s Black women dancing indoors, vintage 8mm New York home footage, or domestic celebration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1976 Harlem interiors, then broader 1970s home-movie clips of parties, dancing, and community gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close handheld 1976 Harlem home-movie frame showing a person’s head and shoulder in a dim party interior with heavy purple color shift. — A close, soft-focus party moment caught at the edge of the camera’s movement.

Purple-shifted 8mm frame from the Harlem party showing a partial face or head near a bright white garment inside the home. — A cropped handheld frame catches a party guest near a bright white shape.

Two young women at a 1976 Harlem home party stand near patterned curtains, with one in a purple top and red brooch as they appear to dance or react. — Two women gather close together during the indoor party scene.

A young woman in a purple top moves in the Harlem home party setting, framed by patterned curtains and soft purple-tinted 8mm texture. — A woman leans into the movement of the party near patterned curtains.

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