Gainsville Florida USA-1975: Man in Blue Shirt Opening Present

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationGainsville, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man in Blue Shirt Opening Present — Clip Details

A vintage 1975 home movie clip from Gainesville, Florida, showing a man in a blue collared shirt seated indoors, smiling as he prepares to open a gift. The footage, captured on 8mm film, features warm, slightly faded colors and visible grain, with a pink and white striped present appearing in the frame. The man’s expression conveys anticipation and joy, typical of a personal celebration. The scene is intimate and candid, with soft lighting and a home setting, offering authentic archival footage of a family moment from the mid-1970s.

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: 122691323

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: 1975 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: Gainsville, Florida, 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: Suits documentary and editorial projects needing an authentic mid-1970s American domestic celebration, birthday or holiday gift-opening scene in an interior home setting.
Period detail: Blue polo-style collared shirt and upholstered furniture with greenish-gold fabric suggest mid-1970s American domestic interior; framed artwork visible on wall adds period depth.
Home-movie behavior: The subject's candid mid-expression in the opening frame, caught speaking or laughing, captures the unstaged intimacy of a family celebration filmed for personal memory.
What appears in frame: Young adult man in blue polo shirt, pink-and-white striped wrapped gift box, small green gift label, upholstered seating, light-colored wall, framed picture, warm 8mm film tones.
Film character: 8mm scan shows warm color shift, visible horizontal grain, slight overexposure on the bright gift wrapping, and the soft-focus periphery typical of consumer-gauge film stock.
Edit role: Works as a character introduction cut or memory beat in a gift-unwrapping sequence; close-up frames of the wrapped box serve as cutaway inserts between reaction shots.
Historical context: Domestic gift-giving documentation via home-movie camera was common in mid-1970s American households; 8mm film places this in the peak era of consumer film before VHS displaced it.
Research note: Adult face is clearly visible and identifiable in opening frames; private interior setting requires property release assessment; small gift label visible but no legible brand identified.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries such as '1970s birthday present,' 'home movie gift opening,' '8mm Florida interior,' or 'mid-1970s family celebration footage.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Florida 1975 reel; then with 1970s American domestic celebration footage; then with gift-opening or birthday home-movie material same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young adult man in a blue collared polo shirt seated in a domestic living room, caught mid-expression; Gainesville, Florida, circa 1975, 8mm home movie. — Man in blue shirt caught mid-expression during gift-opening, Gainesville, Florida, 1975.

Man in blue collared shirt holding a large pink-and-white striped gift box, partially cropped at frame edge; circa 1975 Gainesville, Florida, 8mm home movie. — Man in blue shirt holds striped gift box, Gainesville, Florida, 1975.

Close-up of pink-and-white striped gift wrapping paper with a small green adhesive label; 8mm home movie, circa 1975, Gainesville, Florida. — Striped gift box with small green label, prior to opening, 1975.

Pink-and-white striped gift box tilted or partially unwrapped, revealing a corner of the inner box; circa 1975 8mm home movie, Gainesville, Florida. — Gift box in the process of being opened, corner revealed, 1975.

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