Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Couples Slow Dancing At A Formal Event

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

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Couples Slow Dancing At A Formal Event — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1941 captures a couple in formal attire slow dancing at a party in Joliet, Illinois. The man wears a dark tuxedo with a bow tie, while the woman is in a black dress with a corsage. They move gracefully against a plain purple backdrop, their expressions joyful and intimate. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, warm color grading, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American social 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: 124601656

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 editorial or documentary sequences needing home-movie footage of adults slow dancing at a formal social event in Joliet, Illinois.
Period detail: Formal dress, tuxedos, bow ties, corsages and the soft color 8mm look support the supplied 1941 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in relaxed, close dancing and camera-aware smiles that feel like a private celebration rather than a staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult couples, tuxedos, dark dresses, corsages, clasped hands, a plain backdrop, soft focus and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, magenta-purple color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure and contact-sheet framing consistent with scanned small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, social-life insert, wedding-party cutaway or transition within a 1940s family-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows adult couples in formal attire sharing slow dances, offering visual context for mid-century American social gatherings without identifying the event type beyond metadata.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment; no logos, minors or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1941 Joliet Illinois 8mm home movie, 1940s formal dance, vintage couple slow dancing and wedding or party home-movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Joliet or 1941 Illinois material, then with related 1940s formal dance and family celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Joliet home-movie footage, an adult couple in dark formal clothing dances closely before a plain backdrop. — A formally dressed couple slow dances while facing the camera.

An adult couple in formal wear holds a slow-dance pose in the supplied 1941 Joliet, Illinois home-movie clip. — The couple turns slightly while holding their dance position.

A formally dressed adult couple slow dances close to the camera, with another partial figure visible at the left edge. — A couple smiles while dancing close together in front of the backdrop.

A smiling adult couple in formal clothing slow dances, with the woman's corsage visible in the 1941 Joliet home-movie footage. — A smiling couple poses mid-dance, the woman's corsage catching the light.

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