Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Standing Man Smiling Holding The Shoulders Of A Laughing Woman

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

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Standing Man Smiling Holding The Shoulders Of A Laughing... — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A man in a striped shirt and bow tie stands behind a woman seated in a chair, smiling as he holds her shoulders in a playful embrace. The woman, wearing a dark top and plaid skirt, laughs joyfully, her head tilted back. Shot on 8mm film, this black and white home movie captures a candid moment of domestic affection and laughter in a mid-century American living room with blinds and a couch. The grainy texture and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere, perfect for historical documentaries, vintage lifestyle content, or editorial pieces on 1940s family life.

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: 124602052

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 requests needing 1940s American home-movie footage of adult domestic affection, laughter, and informal indoor family life.
Period detail: The striped shirt, bow tie, plaid skirt, upholstered chair, window blinds, and black-and-white 8mm image support a mid-century domestic setting.
Home-movie behavior: The moment reads as unstaged playfulness, with a standing man holding a seated woman's shoulders as she laughs toward someone near the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a chair, plaid skirt, striped shirt, bow tie, window blinds, wall shadows, and nearby seating.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, high-contrast black-and-white exposure, and slight frame jitter typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, domestic-life insert, family-affection cutaway, or transition within a 1940s personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows an informal indoor social moment in a private American home, reflecting adult companionship and casual domestic leisure.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to separate copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm home movie couple laughing, Joliet Illinois domestic interior, and black-and-white family affection footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Joliet or 1941 home-movie material, then broader 1940s indoor family-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a Joliet, Illinois 1941 home-movie frame, a man in a striped shirt and bow tie stands behind a seated laughing woman. — A man stands behind a seated woman, hands on her shoulders, as she laughs beside window blinds.

The man remains behind the seated woman in the 1941 Joliet interior, holding her shoulders as she smiles and leans forward. — The seated woman smiles while the man behind her keeps his hands on her shoulders.

A black-and-white 8mm frame shows the seated woman laughing in a plaid skirt as the man stands close behind her in the living room. — The woman laughs in the chair as the man stands behind her in the domestic interior.

At the end of the clip, the man stands partly behind the seated woman as she laughs beside a chair in the Joliet home interior. — The pair remain in a playful pose, with the woman laughing and the man close behind her.

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