Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Live Country Music Performance With Wrex-TV 13 Mobile Unit

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

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Live Country Music Performance With Wrex-TV 13 Mobile Unit — Clip Details

A vibrant 1964 8mm home movie captures a live country music performance in Harvard, Illinois. A band in cowboy hats plays on a decorated stage in front of a crowd, with a WREX-TV 13 mobile news unit parked nearby. The footage shows a man in a suit speaking into a microphone while musicians play guitars and a fiddle. The scene is set on a sunny day with colorful storefronts, including a Coca-Cola sign, in the background. The grainy, saturated colors and film artifacts are characteristic of vintage Super 8 home movie footage.

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: 123993317

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: Yes
Audible music: Yes

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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 Midwest community-event requests needing editorial footage of a televised outdoor country music performance and local crowd activity.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1960s dress, cowboy performance attire, patriotic bunting, storefront signs, a Coca-Cola sign, and a WREX-TV 13 mobile unit marked Rockford, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a bystander-shot home movie, with performers, an announcer, television crew, and spectators recorded from street level rather than staged for the camera.
What appears in frame: Frames show a WREX-TV 13 mobile unit, musicians in cowboy hats, a suited speaker at a microphone, a cameraman, patriotic stage bunting, storefront signs, and spectators.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color, visible grain, gate edges, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve the physical character of the original home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an insert, transition, or memory beat for small-town entertainment, local television presence, or live country music in the 1960s.
Historical context: The footage documents a public street performance setting where local media, performers, businesses, and spectators share the same civic event space.
Research note: People, faces, brand signage, broadcast vehicle markings, storefronts, and audible music require review for likeness, trademark, music copyright, and location-identification concerns.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1964 Harvard Illinois home movie, WREX-TV 13 mobile unit, 1960s country music street performance, and Midwest town event footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Harvard Illinois 1964 street or crowd footage, then broader 1960s outdoor music and local television coverage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Harvard, Illinois home-movie frame showing a red WREX-TV 13 mobile unit with spectators nearby and bunting overhead. — WREX-TV 13 mobile unit at the street event.

1964 Harvard, Illinois frame showing a country band on a bunting-draped stage while a cameraman films near storefront signs. — Musicians and speaker filmed on the outdoor stage.

1964 Harvard, Illinois frame with a cameraman facing a stage where cowboy-hatted musicians and a suited speaker stand before spectators. — Street-level view of the televised performance setup.

1964 Harvard, Illinois frame showing a live country performance on a decorated outdoor stage with storefront signage behind it. — Country musicians perform on the decorated street stage.

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