Joliet Illinois USA-1941: An Excited Couple Dancing And Kissing

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

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An Excited Couple Dancing And Kissing — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A young couple shares an intimate embrace and kiss in a grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie. The man, wearing a dark vest and light-colored pants, holds the woman, who is dressed in a light-colored dress. They dance closely in a simple room with a plain wall and exposed ceiling beams, their movements captured with the characteristic flicker and soft focus of vintage Super 8 film. A woman in a buttoned dress smiles in the background in one frame, adding to the candid, joyful atmosphere of this classic 1940s home movie moment.

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: 124603185

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 intimate social dancing, affection, or candid couple behavior in a modest private interior.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm look, plain room, folding chair, and exposed ceiling structure support the listed 1941 Joliet, Illinois home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures unstaged affection as a young couple embraces, dances closely, and kisses while another woman briefly smiles nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a kissing couple, close dancing, a plain wall, exposed ceiling beams, a folding chair, a small cabinet or appliance, and film edge shadows.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, flicker, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing give the brief scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, romantic insert, family-history cutaway, or transition into 1940s domestic social life.
Historical context: The footage offers a private, informal view of young adults showing affection and playfulness in an ordinary interior rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Visible faces and a private interior require likeness and property review; copyright status and source permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1941 8mm home movie couple dancing, Joliet Illinois kissing scene, 1940s private interior, or vintage romantic home footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1941 Joliet material, then broader 1940s home-movie scenes of couples, dancing, and affection.

Still Frames From This Clip

In listed 1941 Joliet home-movie footage, a young couple holds each other closely inside a plain room with exposed beams overhead. — A couple embraces closely in a modest interior as the film frame shows ceiling beams and edge shadows.

In the supported 1941 Joliet setting, the couple kisses while one partner lifts or carries the other in a sparse interior. — The couple kisses during a playful close embrace against a bare wall.

The couple dances face to face in the listed Joliet, Illinois home movie, with a folding chair and plain wall visible nearby. — A young couple dances close together in a simple room with a folding chair at the side.

The 1941 Joliet home-movie scene continues with the couple dancing in close embrace inside the private-looking room. — The couple remains in a close dance as the room's plain wall and side furniture stay in view.

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