Troy New York USA-1973: Man Tells A Funny Story Next To A Young Girl While Both Smile

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationTroy, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Troy New York

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Man Tells A Funny Story Next To A Young Girl While Both... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Troy, New York, 1973, showing a young man with a mustache and a young woman in a red and blue polka-dot dress sharing a joyful moment. The man, wearing a patterned blue shirt, leans in and tells a funny story, prompting the woman to smile and laugh. The scene is set indoors with a light curtain in the background, capturing authentic 1970s fashion and candid, nostalgic intimacy. The film exhibits natural grain and warm color tones typical of Super 8 home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 122685412

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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 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: Troy, New York, 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: Useful for 1970s U.S. home-life requests needing a brief candid interior moment of young adults laughing together.
Period detail: The clothing, hairstyles, soft indoor lighting, and metadata-supported 1973 date place the scene in an early-1970s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged exchange, with a young man appearing to tell a story while the young woman smiles and laughs beside him.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two young adults, a couch or seat, a pale curtain, patterned clothing, a mustache, a red hair clip, and shelves or household items in the background.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and the intimate framing typical of handheld home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, relationship cutaway, or warm interior insert in a sequence about family, youth, or 1970s social life.
Historical context: The clip offers a small social view of casual indoor interaction and 1970s personal style without establishing a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1973 Troy New York home movie, young adults laughing indoors, 1970s couple on couch, and 8mm candid social scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Troy 1973 interiors, then related 1970s home-movie scenes of young adults socializing.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Troy, New York 1973 home-movie footage, a young woman in a red and blue patterned dress smiles beside a mustached young man in a blue shirt. — A young woman smiles as a mustached young man sits close beside her indoors.

The young woman turns toward the mustached young man during a smiling exchange in the 1973 Troy, New York interior home-movie scene. — The pair face each other during a cheerful indoor exchange.

A young woman laughs while seated beside a mustached young man in this 1973 Troy, New York 8mm home-movie frame. — The woman laughs as the man continues the friendly conversation beside her.

The 1973 Troy, New York home-movie frame shows the young woman and mustached young man smiling together in a private interior. — Both figures smile in the closing moment of the short indoor scene.

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