Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Couple Dances Tango in Formal Wear

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Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationJoliet, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1941 Joliet Illinois

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Couple Dances Tango in Formal Wear — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Joliet Illinois USA in 1941 captures a couple dancing the tango in formal attire. The woman wears a dark dress with a decorative headpiece, while the man is in a tuxedo with a bow tie. They move gracefully against a plain purple backdrop, their expressions joyful and engaged. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color shifts, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic 1940s social dance scene. The final frame shows them separately, suggesting a performance or rehearsal setting with a microphone stand visible.

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: 124601592

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

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 2070 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: cb hill jr
Reel-level year note: 1941
Reel-level location note: glencoe illinois
Date: 1941 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Joliet, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1940s home-movie requests needing social dance, formal dress, or small performance footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The tuxedo, dark dress, decorative headpiece, and simple studio-like backdrop may show early-1940s formal social dance presentation style.
Home-movie behavior: The couple smile, hold a close dance posture, and appear relaxed before the camera, giving the clip informal human warmth despite the staged backdrop.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a dancing couple, tuxedo and bow tie, dark dress, decorative headpiece, plain purple backdrop, microphone stand, film borders, and soft focus.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, purple color shift, uneven exposure, soft focus, and frame-edge marks that give it recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, dance cutaway, or transition into 1940s social life, entertainment, or formal occasion material.
Historical context: The scene suggests a private or small staged dance moment, with formal clothing and a microphone stand pointing to performance, rehearsal, or social-event filming.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, music, and location rights should be checked separately even with no visible logos or audible music flagged.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm home movie couple dancing, Joliet Illinois tango footage, tuxedo formal dance, vintage social dance, and archival performance cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Joliet Illinois 1941 home movies, then broader 1940s dance, formalwear, music, or social-event footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Joliet, Illinois home-movie footage, a smiling couple dances in formal attire before a plain purple backdrop. — A tuxedoed man and woman in a dark dress hold a close dance pose.

The couple continues a close dance hold in this 1941 Joliet, Illinois 8mm frame, with formal dress and soft purple color shift. — The dancers maintain their hold while facing slightly toward the camera.

A smiling couple in formal clothing dances near a visible stand in 1941 Joliet, Illinois home-movie footage. — The pair smiles in a close pose, with the stand crossing the backdrop behind them.

At the end of the 1941 Joliet, Illinois clip, the tuxedoed man stands behind a smiling woman beside a visible microphone stand. — The dancers separate, with the woman smiling near the microphone stand.

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