Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Men In Tuxedos Celebrating

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

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Men In Tuxedos Celebrating — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A group of young men in tuxedos and bow ties celebrate joyfully in a dimly lit indoor setting, their faces lit with smiles and laughter. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid moment of camaraderie and excitement, with men raising their arms and clapping in celebration. The purple-tinted color grade and soft focus are characteristic of vintage home movies from the early 1940s. The grainy texture and slight motion blur add to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this archival 8mm home movie.

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: 124601762

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief indoor celebration, formalwear gathering, or male social camaraderie insert.
Period detail: The tuxedos, bow ties, soft interior lighting, and 8mm color home-movie texture support an early-1940s formal social setting, with Joliet, Illinois supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged reactions as the men wave, laugh, clap, and turn toward the camera during a lively private celebration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include young men in tuxedos, bow ties, raised hands, smiling faces, a plain wall backdrop, dim indoor light, and soft home-movie focus.
Film character: The scan has purple color shift, visible grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, and handheld framing that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick celebration cutaway, memory beat, party transition, or visual shorthand for formal youth social life in the 1940s.
Historical context: The footage shows a male formal gathering in an indoor room, offering social context for dress, gestures, and informal camera play without identifying the occasion.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, children, audible music, or clear private-property identifiers are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1941 Joliet Illinois home movie, 1940s men in tuxedos, vintage formal celebration, 8mm party footage, and young men waving at camera.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Joliet 1941 material, then with 1940s formal events, dances, parties, or candid celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Men in formalwear cluster near the camera during an indoor celebration.

Men in tuxedos and bow ties face the camera in this 1941 Joliet home movie, smiling and raising hands in celebration. — Tuxedoed men smile, gesture, and crowd into the frame.

Formalwear-clad men stand against a plain interior wall, with one man turned away and two others smiling in the 1941 Joliet footage. — A man turns away as two tuxedoed companions smile nearby.

Several men in tuxedos lean and smile near the camera in Joliet, Illinois 1941, with one open hand raised in a playful gesture. — Men lean into the frame and gesture playfully during the celebration.

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