Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Men And Women Dancing And Punching Having Fun In

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

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Men And Women Dancing And Punching Having Fun In — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A man in a light-colored shirt smiles at the camera in a dimly lit indoor space, possibly a basement or garage, with exposed beams overhead. He turns and moves energetically, his motion creating blur in the grainy 8mm footage. The scene captures a moment of playful activity, with figures moving quickly and interacting in a casual, home movie style. The black-and-white film shows characteristic grain and edge distortion, evoking a sense of personal history and mid-20th century Americana.

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: 124602990

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: This clip supports 1940s home-movie requests for informal indoor socializing, playful dancing, and lively adult movement in Joliet, Illinois.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm frame, dress shirts, jackets, and exposed interior structure may show a casual 1941 basement or garage gathering.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged playfulness as adults smile, turn, gesture, and roughhouse toward someone filming at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men, a possible woman at frame edge, light and dark shirts, exposed beams, pipes, plain wall, blurred arms, and close handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, motion blur, and gate-edge darkness typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for informal 1940s leisure, domestic gatherings, or energetic home-movie texture.
Historical context: The scene shows casual adult recreation in a private indoor setting rather than a formal event, with social interaction emphasized over location detail.
Research note: Visible faces and a private interior require likeness and property review; copyright status and separate permissions should be assessed by the buyer.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1941 Joliet Illinois home movie, 1940s adults dancing indoors, black-and-white 8mm party footage, and playful social gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with other Joliet 1941 home movies, then with 1940s indoor leisure or family gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Joliet home-movie footage, a smiling adult man in a light shirt moves near the camera inside a plain, beam-lined interior. — A man smiles and moves energetically in a dim indoor space.

A blurred adult in dark clothing turns or gestures near a plain wall, with exposed ceiling structure visible above. — A dark-clothed figure moves quickly beside a plain interior wall.

A man turns sideways as nearby arms suggest playful dancing or roughhousing.

A smiling adult man in a dark jacket stands near blurred companions, including a figure in a light hat, in the 1941 Joliet indoor scene. — A smiling man appears beside blurred companions during the lively indoor gathering.

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