Harvard Illinois USA-1964: A Crowd Of Men In Suits Sitting At A Festival

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

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A Crowd Of Men In Suits Sitting At A Festival — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a formal gathering at a festival in Harvard, Illinois. Men in suits and ties, including a man in a light gray suit with arms crossed, sit in a red and blue decorated viewing stand. A woman in a light-colored dress and dark hat holds a bouquet of yellow flowers. The scene features classic 1960s fashion, film grain, and a slightly shaky camera perspective, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of a community event.

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: 123994009

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Midwest community festival coverage, especially documentary inserts showing formal spectators in a decorated reviewing stand.
Period detail: The suits, narrow ties, hats, bunting, and 8mm color stock support a 1964 civic-event setting in Harvard, Illinois, as described by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera watches seated dignitaries and attendees from a distance, preserving casual shifts, conversation, and waiting moments rather than staged posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in suits, a woman with flowers, red railings, blue fabric banners, triangular pennants, a brick building, and seated spectators.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, gate marks, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, civic ceremony insert, or memory beat between wider festival scenes from the same reel.
Historical context: The scene suggests a formal local public gathering where seated adults observe an event from a decorated stand, without identifying the occasion or individuals.
Research note: Faces are visible and may require likeness review; no logos or audible music are indicated, but copyright status is separate from person or property clearances.
Research search match: Search matches include 1964 Harvard Illinois festival spectators, 1960s men in suits reviewing stand, Midwest civic event home movie, and 8mm community gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 Harvard, Illinois material, then broader 1960s festival, parade, or civic ceremony crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Harvard, Illinois home-movie frame showing suited men seated in a red and blue decorated festival viewing stand. — Suited spectators sit in a decorated stand during a local festival gathering.

Seated men in 1960s suits watch from a decorated stand in Harvard, Illinois, with pennants overhead. — Men in formal dress sit beneath pennants in the festival stand.

A woman holding yellow flowers sits among formally dressed spectators at the 1964 Harvard, Illinois festival stand. — A woman with flowers sits near suited attendees in the reviewing area.

Formal spectators gather in and around a red-railed viewing stand during the 1964 Harvard, Illinois festival scene. — Spectators shift and converse around the decorated viewing stand.

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