Harvard Illinois USA-1964: Live Country Music Performance at the Country Fair

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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 at the Country Fair — Clip Details

A vibrant 1964 8mm home movie captures a live country music performance at the Harvard Illinois Country Fair. A female singer in a white dress and gloves performs with a male host in a suit, while a band plays accordion and electric guitar. The crowd, dressed in period attire, watches intently under a large banner reading "Live from Harvard WGN Radio Country Fair." The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking authentic mid-century Americana and nostalgic community entertainment.

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: 123993401

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Midwest Americana, county fair entertainment, live radio-event atmosphere, or documentary scenes about public music gatherings and community leisure.
Period detail: Visible period clues include formal suits, white gloves and dress, horn-rimmed glasses, electric guitar, accordion, WGN Radio signage, and a country fair banner in Harvard, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie camera observes from the crowd, catching performers, host, band, and spectators in a brief unstaged public-event moment.
What appears in frame: The frames show a female singer, a suited male host at microphones, accordion and guitar players, WGN microphone flags, a large country fair banner, and spectators in front.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight weave, motion blur, and uneven exposure that give the performance a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, music-event cutaway, transition into fairground life, or memory beat for mid-century community entertainment.
Historical context: The clip documents a public country music performance setting with radio branding and a mixed adult crowd, reflecting local entertainment culture rather than a private family scene.
Research note: People, faces, WGN Radio branding, and audible music require review for likeness, trademark, and music rights, separate from any footage copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Harvard Illinois country fair, 8mm home movie live country music, WGN Radio fair performance, and 1960s Midwest community entertainment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Harvard, Illinois 1964 fair material, then with other 1960s outdoor music or radio-sponsored event clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

At a 1964 Harvard, Illinois country fair performance, a suited male host stands near microphones while accordion and guitar players perform behind him. — Host and band on a small outdoor stage beneath the WGN Radio country fair banner.

A female singer in a white dress and gloves stands by the suited host as musicians play during the Harvard, Illinois country fair performance. — Singer, host, accordion player, and spectators during the outdoor country fair performance.

The singer and suited host face the microphones with accordion and guitar players behind them at the 1964 country fair in Harvard, Illinois. — Performer and host at the microphones with band members visible behind the crowd.

The camera frames the singer, host, accordion player, WGN Radio signage, and adult spectators at the Harvard, Illinois country fair performance. — Crowd-level view of the singer, host, and band beneath the live country fair banner.

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