Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Country Music Band Performs At Live Wgn Radio Broadcast

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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 Live Wgn Radio Broadcast — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1964 captures a lively country music performance at the Harvard Country Fair in Harvard, Illinois. A band in cowboy hats plays on a decorated stage, featuring a guitarist, accordionist, and keyboardist in matching yellow shirts and dark trousers. The crowd watches from the street as a man in a suit hosts the live WGN Radio broadcast, with a Coca-Cola sign and storefronts visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, preserving the authentic feel of a 1960s community event.

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: 123993340

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: 1960s Illinois home-movie footage for documentary or education edits needing a small-town country music performance tied to a live radio fair broadcast.
Period detail: Matching western shirts, cowboy hats, storefront signs, a Coca-Cola awning, and a bunting-draped outdoor stage place the scene visually in mid-1960s community entertainment.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from the crowd as musicians play, a suited host moves across the stage, and spectators watch from the street without staged posing for the filmmaker.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the band, guitars, accordion, keyboard, suited announcer, crowd, bunting, shopfronts, and radio fair signage.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft grain, slight handheld movement, modest exposure variation, and gate-edge framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for radio, county fair, live music, small-town Illinois, or 1960s public gathering sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents a public street-stage performance at the Harvard Country Fair, showing local spectators gathered around a live WGN Radio country music program.
Research note: Faces, audible music, performer likenesses, and visible Coca-Cola and WGN-related signage require rights review separate from any physical film or footage license.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 Harvard Illinois fair, 8mm country band, WGN Radio live broadcast, small-town music stage, and 1960s crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1964 Harvard, Illinois fair scenes, and finally broader 1960s country music or community festival footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Harvard, Illinois fair footage shows a guitarist, accordionist, and keyboard player in western hats performing on a street stage. — Band members in matching shirts play guitars, accordion, and keyboard during the outdoor fair performance.

At the Harvard Country Fair in 1964, a suited announcer faces the country band on a decorated street stage with storefront signs behind them. — A host stands near the musicians on the bunting-draped platform as spectators watch from the street.

The 1964 Harvard, Illinois fair stage shows a suited host speaking or conducting near musicians as a street crowd watches. — The announcer stands with his back to the camera while the band remains onstage beneath radio fair signage.

Two suited men stand with the country musicians on the Harvard, Illinois fair stage, with WGN Radio and Coca-Cola signage visible behind them. — Suited men join the performers onstage as the band and street audience remain in view.

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