Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Young Man Hugs and Kisses Two Girls in Small Room

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

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Young Man Hugs and Kisses Two Girls in Small Room — Clip Details

JOLIET ILLINOIS USA-1941: A young man embraces and kisses two different girls in a small, dimly lit room with exposed rafters and scattered chairs. Shot on 8mm film, the grainy black-and-white footage captures intimate, candid moments of affection and joy. The man, in a dark suit, lifts one girl in a light dress as they laugh and embrace, while the other girl stands nearby. The scene exudes a nostalgic, personal home movie feel, with visible film grain and a slightly shaky camera, evoking the warmth and spontaneity of a private celebration from the early 1940s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & 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: 124603209

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 brief intimate social interaction, youthful affection, or private indoor celebration footage from Joliet, Illinois.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm texture, exposed rafters, simple chairs, and small room may show a modest early-1940s private interior.
Home-movie behavior: The footage captures unstaged playfulness as a young man embraces, kisses, and lifts young women while they laugh in a small room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three young adults, a light dress, a dark suit, simple chairs, exposed rafters, rough walls, shadows, and a small cabinet or appliance.
Film character: The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, uneven exposure, edge darkening, and handheld framing that reads as home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, relationship insert, social-life cutaway, or transition into personal wartime-era family material.
Historical context: The scene offers a domestic social glimpse of young adults in 1941 Joliet without showing identifiable public landmarks or documented event context.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1941 Joliet home movie, 1940s young adults indoors, 8mm affection scene, and vintage couple hugging in small room.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1941 Joliet material, then with broader 1940s family, youth, party, or home-interior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1941 Joliet home-movie frame, a young man embraces a woman in a dim interior with chairs, rough walls, and exposed rafters. — A young man and woman embrace in a small indoor room.

A young man in dark clothing holds a laughing woman in a small Joliet interior, with a chair, wall shadows, and overhead rafters visible. — The pair laugh while embracing near the wall.

In the small 1941 Joliet room, a young man lifts a woman in a dark dress as another person stands close behind him. — A playful lift interrupts the indoor gathering.

A young man carries a woman in a dark dress across the small Joliet interior, with a chair, textured wall, and heavy film-edge shadow visible. — The man carries the woman as the handheld camera follows.

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