Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Men and Women Celebrating at a Formal Social Event

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

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Men and Women Celebrating at a Formal Social Event — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A group of men and women in formal tuxedos and elegant dresses celebrate at a lively social event. The 8mm home movie captures joyful moments with people laughing, posing, and gesturing animatedly in a dimly lit indoor setting. The footage features a distinct purple color cast and soft focus, characteristic of vintage Super 8 film from the early 1940s. The final frame shifts to a black-and-white scene of two women in nightwear, suggesting a private, domestic moment. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American social life and personal celebrations.

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: 124601846

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 brief formal-party, social gathering, or domestic celebration footage for documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: The tuxedos, evening dresses, indoor party posing, and home-interior setting may show early 1940s American formal social customs.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged joking, waving, leaning into camera, and intimate party posing recorded from a close home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in tuxedos, women in dresses, a plain wall, animated hand gestures, faces turned to camera, window blinds, and two women in nightwear.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, dim indoor exposure, handheld framing, and a strong purple color cast before the final monochrome-looking domestic shot.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, party insert, social-life cutaway, or transition from public celebration to private domestic space.
Historical context: The footage documents a small adult social circle performing for a home camera rather than a public event with identifiable signage or official context.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property context may require review separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm formal party, Joliet Illinois home movie, adults celebrating indoors, tuxedo social event, and vintage domestic nightwear scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Joliet or 1941 home movies, then broader 1940s social-event and domestic-interior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Joliet, Illinois, 1941 home-movie footage, adults in tuxedos and evening dress pose closely while one person raises a hand. — Party guests in formal wear cluster tightly for the home camera.

Several formally dressed adults appear close to the camera in the 1941 Joliet home movie, with one man partly blurred by motion. — Formally dressed guests lean into frame during the indoor gathering.

A woman and men in formal dress pose animatedly for the Joliet home camera, with hands raised and faces close to the lens. — Guests gesture playfully during the formal social gathering.

The final frame shifts to a domestic interior, where two women in light nightwear sit close together beside window blinds. — Two women sit together in a private interior after the party scenes.

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