Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Clergy and Guests Dine Together at Formal Hotel Dinner

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationHarvard, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Harvard Illinois

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Clergy and Guests Dine Together at Formal Hotel Dinner — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a formal dinner gathering at a hotel in Harvard, Illinois. A long table draped in white linens is set with floral arrangements and fine dining ware, where men in dark suits and clerical attire converse and eat. A woman in a white uniform serves food, and the warm, yellow-toned lighting creates an intimate, nostalgic atmosphere. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, preserving a candid moment of community and celebration from the mid-1960s.

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: 123993247

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: 1964 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: Harvard, Illinois, 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: Useful for 1960s documentary or education edits needing candid formal dinner footage with clergy, guests, and hotel banquet service in small-town Illinois.
Period detail: Dark suits, clerical collars, white table linens, floral centerpieces, and warm interior lighting may show mid-1960s formal dining customs.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view observes guests eating and talking while a server passes through, preserving an unstaged social moment around a long banquet table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include clergy and suited guests, a long white-clothed table, floral arrangements, plates, dark curtains, bright window light, and a woman serving food.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm yellow color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or social transition within sequences about community dinners, religious gatherings, or 1960s hospitality.
Historical context: The footage presents a formal shared meal where religious and lay guests appear seated together in a private hotel dining room setting.
Research note: People, faces, clergy attire, and a private interior are visible, so likeness, property, and contextual review may be needed in addition to copyright checks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 8mm formal dinner, Illinois hotel banquet home movie, clergy dining footage, and 1960s community meal archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby same-reel dinner scenes, then Harvard Illinois 1964 material, then broader 1960s banquet, clergy, hotel, or community gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Harvard, Illinois home-movie frame showing clergy and suited guests seated at a white-linen dinner table. — Guests and clergy sit together at a formal hotel dinner table.

Warm 8mm frame of suited guests and clergy eating at a formal dinner in Harvard, Illinois in 1964. — Dinner guests converse and eat beside floral table arrangements.

Handheld 1964 home-movie view down a hotel banquet table with clergy and guests dining in Harvard, Illinois. — The camera looks down the crowded table during the formal meal.

A woman in a white serving uniform carries plates near the formal dinner table in this 1964 Harvard, Illinois footage. — A server carries plates past the dining area during the meal.

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