Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Woman Poses And Couples Dance In 1940s Formal Wear

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

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Woman Poses And Couples Dance In 1940s Formal Wear — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a woman in a dark dress with a bow, posing and smiling for the camera against a plain wall. The clip transitions to a man in a tuxedo dancing with a woman in a patterned dress, both dressed in formal 1940s attire. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with a distinct purple color cast, grain, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, intimate party atmosphere from the early 1940s.

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: 124601699

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 formalwear, posed portrait moments, or intimate social dancing in Joliet, Illinois.
Period detail: The dark dress with bow detail, tuxedo, patterned dress, and indoor party posing support an early-1940s formal social setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual posing, smiling, and dance movement directed toward a familiar home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark dress, a decorative bow or corsage, plain wall panels, a tuxedoed man, a patterned dress, and close dance posture.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight motion blur typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, social-life cutaway, or transition into wartime-era domestic and formal gathering material.
Historical context: The clip shows private social presentation and dancing rather than a public event, so broader historical meaning should be framed cautiously.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and contextual identification review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1941 Joliet 8mm home movie, 1940s formalwear, woman posing for camera, and couples dancing at an indoor gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Joliet 1941 material, then other 1940s formalwear, party, posing, or dance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Joliet 1941 8mm frame showing a purple-tinted blank wall area with heavy gate edge and film exposure variation. — A mostly blank purple-tinted frame with visible film edge and interior wall.

In this 1941 Joliet home-movie frame, a woman in a dark formal dress smiles toward the camera against a plain wall. — A woman poses for the home-movie camera in a dark dress with a bright neck detail.

A 1941 Joliet frame shows a woman in dark formalwear with a bright bow or corsage, posed in front of a plain paneled wall. — The woman stands in formal dress, facing the camera during an indoor gathering.

This 1941 Joliet home-movie frame shows a tuxedoed man dancing with a woman in a patterned dress near a plain wall. — A formally dressed couple dance close to the camera in a softly focused home-movie frame.

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