Galena Illinois USA-1967: A Family Gathering Playing Games Like Dodgeball And Volleyball

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationGalena, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Galena Illinois

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A Family Gathering Playing Games Like Dodgeball And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a lively backyard gathering in Galena, Illinois. A young boy in a red jacket plays dodgeball, tossing a white ball toward a netted area. The scene shifts to a group of adults and children mingling in a wooded yard, with picnic tables, folding chairs, and a red cooler visible. Men in casual shirts and women in dresses laugh and socialize under the shade of trees, embodying classic 1960s Americana. The footage features the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of Super 8 film, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or history 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: 124074998

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: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 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: Galena, 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 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing a Midwestern family picnic, backyard games, or casual social gathering in Galena, Illinois.
Period detail: Visible clues include folding lawn chairs, picnic tables, dresses, short-sleeve shirts, a red cooler, and a backyard net that may show late-1960s leisure culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged home-movie behavior as relatives and friends play near a net, watch from tables, and mingle in a shaded yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ball, net, wooded lawn, picnic tables, folding chairs, adults in casual clothes, a red cooler, and shaded trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color shift, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with amateur home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, family-gathering insert, summer recreation cutaway, or transition into 1960s domestic leisure scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows a social outdoor gathering where games, seating, coolers, and picnic tables suggest informal family recreation in a wooded yard.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and a cooler may show branding, so likeness and trademark review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm family picnic, Galena Illinois home movie, backyard volleyball, dodgeball game, and vintage outdoor gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Galena 1967 family scenes, then broader 1960s backyard picnic, lawn games, and home-movie gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Galena, Illinois home-movie frame showing a person playing near a backyard net as a white ball hangs above the grass. — A backyard game unfolds beside a net in a shaded lawn area.

1967 Galena, Illinois home-movie frame with adults standing and sitting near picnic tables, folding chairs, and a red cooler in a shaded yard. — Adults socialize around picnic tables during an outdoor gathering.

1967 Galena, Illinois home-movie frame showing a casual group gathered near folding chairs, picnic tables, and a red cooler under trees. — A group gathers in the yard near tables, chairs, and a cooler.

1967 Galena, Illinois home-movie frame of adults socializing around picnic tables and folding chairs in a shaded outdoor gathering area. — Guests continue talking and sitting around the picnic tables.

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