Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Couple Dancing 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 Dancing In Formal Wear — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a couple dancing at a formal event. The man wears a tuxedo with a bow tie, while the woman is in a light-colored dress with short sleeves. They move gracefully across the floor, their expressions joyful and intimate. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple hue, likely from stage lighting, with a plain backdrop and a microphone stand visible. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of 8mm home movies from the 1940s. The couple shares a tender moment, their movements synchronized in a classic ballroom dance.

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: 124601612

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 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: 1940s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a brief formal-dance scene with visible adult couples.
Period detail: Formal tuxedos, light evening dresses, a plain backdrop and visible microphone stands may show a staged social dance or event setting in the early 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid home-movie view of adults dancing closely, smiling and adjusting naturally as partners move in and out of frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult couples, tuxedos with bow ties, light dresses, corsages or floral accents, a plain wall backdrop, microphone stands and soft shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has purple color cast, soft focus, motion blur, grain and uneven exposure that read as physical-film texture from a brief home-movie moment.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, social-life cutaway, romantic insert or transition within a sequence about wartime-era community events.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for formal social dancing in Joliet, Illinois, while avoiding identification of the venue, occasion or participants beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even when copyright and physical film ownership are handled separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1941 Joliet Illinois 8mm formal dance, 1940s couple dancing home movie and vintage ballroom event footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby same-reel social scenes, then other Joliet 1941 footage, then broader 1940s formal dancing or home-movie celebration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 Joliet home-movie frame showing a blurred adult couple in tuxedo and light dress dancing before a plain backdrop. — An adult couple dances closely in formal wear, softened by motion blur and purple-tinted film color.

1941 Joliet frame with two adult couples dancing in formal clothing, with microphone stands visible above and beside them. — Two couples share the floor during a formal dance, with microphone stands and a plain wall behind them.

1941 Joliet 8mm frame showing two adult couples dancing, partly cropped by the contact-sheet frame and softened by blur. — Two couples move through the frame, one partly cropped, in a softly focused formal dance scene.

1941 Joliet home-movie frame of an adult couple in formal wear dancing close together against a plain backdrop. — A couple holds a formal dance pose, with the woman in profile and the man facing the camera.

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