Harlem New York USA-1976: My Baby's First Date She Was So Happy She Couldn't

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

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My Baby's First Date She Was So Happy She Couldn't — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Harlem, New York, USA, in 1976 captures a tender moment between a young woman and a man in a dimly lit indoor setting. The woman, wearing a dark coat over a white collared shirt, smiles warmly as she adjusts her jacket, while the man in a dark suit and blue patterned tie looks down with a gentle expression. The grainy, color-bleached film stock and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere. A wall-mounted lamp and a framed photo are visible in the background, adding to the personal, archival feel of this candid family moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
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: 121483990

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 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s Harlem home-movie requests needing intimate indoor family or dating moments for documentary, education, museum, or editorial use.
Period detail: Clothing, interior lighting, framed wall photo, and the 8mm color home-movie look may show a mid-1970s private apartment setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged household moment as a smiling young woman and a young man appear to prepare for or share a first-date visit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two young adults, coats, a white collared shirt, blue patterned shirt or tie, doorway, wall switch, framed photo, and wall-mounted lamp.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame edge darkness, and color fading typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, relationship insert, family-life cutaway, or transition into a personal 1970s story.
Historical context: The scene offers domestic social context through dress, posture, and apartment details without confirming identities or a specific event beyond the supplied date setting.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may need review separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1976 Harlem home movie date, 1970s young couple indoors, 8mm family footage, and private apartment courtship scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Harlem 1976 interiors, then broader 1970s family, dating, and young-adult home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Harlem home-movie frame showing a cropped figure in a dark coat beside a doorway, with another coat partly visible behind. — A cropped figure stands near an interior doorway as the brief home-movie scene begins.

Dim 8mm frame from the indoor Harlem sequence, with most of the image falling into darkness between visible moments. — The camera passes through a dark interval with minimal readable detail.

A young woman smiles in profile while moving through the apartment interior.

1976 Harlem home-movie frame showing a young man in a dark jacket and blue patterned shirt near a wall lamp and framed photo. — A young man looks down with a slight smile beside a wall-mounted lamp and framed photograph.

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