Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Country Music Band Performs At Radio Fair

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

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Country Music Band Performs At Radio Fair — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1964 captures a lively country music performance at a fair in Harvard, Illinois. Musicians in yellow shirts and cowboy hats play an accordion, a white electric guitar, and a keyboard on a small outdoor stage. A crowd watches from behind the performers, with a large sign reading "Live from Harvard WGN Radio Country Fair" visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123993330

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

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: 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Illinois fair footage for productions needing a brief country music stage performance, local radio event atmosphere, or small-town outdoor entertainment insert.
Period detail: Visible era clues include 1960s dress, cowboy hats, accordion, white electric guitar, stage microphones, spectators in sunglasses, and a hand-painted WGN Radio Country Fair sign.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie view watches from the crowd with brief handheld framing as musicians perform and turn toward one another on a small outdoor stage.
What appears in frame: The frames show musicians in yellow shirts, accordion, white electric guitar, keyboard, microphones, seated spectators, stage posts, and a large radio fair banner.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft color, visible grain, slight gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, music-performance insert, fairground transition, or memory beat within a 1960s community life sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a public outdoor music performance at a local fair, with radio-event signage and a mixed-age audience visible behind the band.
Research note: People, faces, visible Coca-Cola and WGN signage, and audible music require review for likeness, trademark, location context, and music rights separate from footage licensing.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1964 Harvard Illinois fair, 8mm country band performance, WGN Radio Country Fair, small-town music stage, and 1960s home movie crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Harvard Illinois fair scenes, then broader 1960s Midwest outdoor music or county fair material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Harvard, Illinois fair footage showing accordion and electric guitar players on a small outdoor stage with spectators behind them. — Musicians in matching yellow shirts play accordion and electric guitar during the radio fair performance.

At the Harvard, Illinois fair, the country band performs with accordion, electric guitar, and keyboard visible under radio-event signage. — The guitarist looks down at his instrument while the accordionist stands beside him on stage.

Country musicians in matching shirts perform at the 1964 Harvard, Illinois fair as a crowd watches from behind the stage area. — The accordionist turns toward the guitarist as the audience watches from behind the performers.

The frame shows the Harvard WGN Radio Country Fair banner above musicians and a man in a dark suit near the stage. — A wider view shows the radio fair banner as the musicians shift position on the outdoor stage.

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