Joliet Illinois USA-1941: Man Folding Cloth in Basement

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

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Man Folding Cloth in Basement — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and dark pants works inside a dimly lit basement or storage room in this 1941 8mm home movie. He handles a white cloth or garment, folding and placing it on a chair or surface. The grainy black-and-white footage shows exposed ceiling beams and a cluttered, utilitarian space. The man’s focused actions suggest routine household chores, captured with the authentic texture and flicker of vintage Super 8 film.

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: 124603245

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: 1940s Illinois home-movie footage useful for documentary or museum sequences about domestic routines, private interiors, and everyday household labor.
Period detail: The white shirt, high-waisted trousers, simple chair, and exposed basement ceiling may show a modest early-1940s domestic work space.
Home-movie behavior: A man handles and folds a light-colored cloth in an unposed household moment, giving the clip value as ordinary family-life observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, dark trousers, a light cloth or garment, a chair, exposed ceiling beams, shadowed walls, and a dim basement-like room.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, flicker, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie film scans.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, domestic labor insert, or quiet memory beat within a 1940s family, home, or interior sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents a private utilitarian interior in Joliet, Illinois, with attention on routine household handling of fabric rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, property, and copyright status should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Searches for 1941 Joliet Illinois home movie, 1940s man folding cloth, basement interior 8mm footage, or domestic chores vintage film may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1941 Joliet home interiors, then broader 1940s domestic chore or private-room footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1941 Joliet, Illinois home-movie frame, a man in a white shirt lifts or folds a light cloth in a basement-like room. — A man handles a light-colored cloth in a dim private interior.

A 1941 Joliet home-movie frame shows a man in a white shirt standing near another adult in a dark shirt inside a shadowed room. — Two adults stand in a dim interior, with the man in white facing the camera.

The man in a white shirt holds a light cloth near a chair, with exposed beams and soft 8mm grain visible in the 1941 Joliet footage. — The man pauses with the cloth beside a chair in the utilitarian interior.

A man bends over a light cloth near a chair in a dim 1941 Joliet home interior, framed through dark vertical film or room edges. — The man bends to place or fold the cloth near a chair.

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