California USA-1961: Woman Embracing Guest at Hawaiian Party

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Woman Embracing Guest at Hawaiian Party — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1961 captures a lively Hawaiian-themed party in California. A young woman in a floral dress and blue lei warmly embraces a male guest in a patterned aloha shirt, sharing a kiss. Other guests in tropical attire mingle in the background, with palm fronds and green curtains decorating the room. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, celebratory mood.

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: 123045091

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: California, 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: Useful for 1960s California social-life requests needing home-movie footage of a themed house party, guest greeting, lei presentation, and informal celebration.
Period detail: The patterned aloha shirts, floral dress, lei, palm fronds, curtains, and indoor color film look support an early-1960s Hawaiian-themed party setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged welcome gesture as guests kiss, adjust a lei, and react casually while others watch from a crowded private room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include party guests, a floral dress, patterned aloha shirts, a blue lei, palm fronds, green curtains, pale drapes, and seated onlookers.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, color shift, gate edges, and brief exposure variation that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, party insert, greeting cutaway, or transition into mid-century leisure and domestic celebration scenes.
Historical context: The clip shows a private California gathering using Hawaiian-themed dress and decoration, reflecting a social party style without identifying the participants.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may require review even if copyright status is handled separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1961 8mm California home movie, Hawaiian theme party, lei greeting, aloha shirt guests, indoor celebration, and vintage kiss.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel party scenes, then other 1961 California interiors, then broader home-movie footage of themed gatherings and guest welcomes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 California home-movie footage, party guests stand and sit in a decorated room with palm fronds, curtains, and tropical clothing. — Guests mingle during a Hawaiian-themed indoor party with palm fronds and patterned shirts visible.

A woman in a floral dress and lei welcomes a male guest in a patterned aloha shirt during the 1961 California party scene. — A party guest is welcomed with an embrace near the curtains as seated guests watch nearby.

At the indoor California party, a woman kisses a guest while another man in a patterned shirt stands nearby against pale curtains. — The welcoming gesture continues with a kiss and lei as another guest stands close by.

The 1961 home movie shows the woman and guest after the greeting, with a lei visible and another man observing in the decorated room. — After the kiss, the guest looks down toward the lei while others remain gathered in the room.

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