Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Couples Dancing In Tuxedos And Dresses At Formal Event

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

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Couples Dancing In Tuxedos And Dresses At Formal Event — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a formal dance with couples in elegant attire. Men wear black tuxedos with bow ties, while women are in light-colored dresses with styled hair. The scene unfolds in a dimly lit room with a purple-hued wall, showing couples dancing closely and smiling. The footage has a soft focus and film grain, characteristic of 1940s home movies, evoking a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of a mid-century social gathering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124601621

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 social-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of adults at a formal dance or private celebration in Joliet, Illinois.
Period detail: The tuxedos, bow ties, curled hairstyles, light evening dresses, and close partner dancing support a 1941 formal-event setting, as noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged social behavior as couples smile, talk, and dance closely while the camera observes from near the dance floor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tuxedos, bow ties, light dresses, curled hair, dancing couples, a plain purple-hued wall, soft focus, and dark film edges.
Film character: The footage has the soft focus, grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and gate-edge shadows typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century courtship, formal gatherings, or home-movie social life.
Historical context: The scene shows adults in formal dress gathered for partner dancing, offering visual context for early-1940s middle-class social customs without identifying the event.
Research note: Visible adult faces require likeness review, and rights review should separate film copyright from privacy, publicity, and venue or event permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1941 Joliet Illinois 8mm formal dance, 1940s couples dancing home movie, tuxedos and dresses social gathering, and vintage ballroom footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Joliet 1941 material, then 1940s formal dances or home-movie social events.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Joliet home-movie footage, a formally dressed couple dances closely in soft focus beside a purple-hued wall. — A tuxedoed man and a woman in a light dress dance together at the formal gathering.

Two formally dressed couples dance in the Joliet 1941 home movie, with motion blur across the foreground pair. — Dancing couples overlap in the frame as the home-movie camera catches their movement.

Two couples in tuxedos and light dresses smile and dance close to the camera in the 1941 Joliet formal-event footage. — Two formally dressed couples smile while dancing or pausing near the camera.

A woman in a light satin-like dress dances with a tuxedoed man in the Joliet 1941 home-movie scene, with a vertical cord visible at right. — A couple dances closely, framed by soft color and a visible cord near the edge.

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