Kentucky-1976: Man Rides Motorcycle Down Street

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationKentucky, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Kentucky

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Man Rides Motorcycle Down Street — Clip Details

A man in a white helmet rides a motorcycle through a quiet street in Kentucky in 1976. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the rider approaching, turning, and moving past parked cars under overcast skies. The grainy, purple-tinted image and visible film sprocket holes evoke authentic vintage home movie quality. The rider wears dark clothing and navigates a residential area with utility poles and modest homes in the background. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of 1970s transportation and everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125591091

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 1015 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: kentucky derby party
Reel-level year note: 1976-1980
Reel-level location note: kentucky
Date: 1976 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: Kentucky, 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 1970s everyday-life requests needing Kentucky home-movie footage of motorcycle travel on a quiet residential or small-town street.
Period detail: The parked cars, utility poles, modest street setting and helmeted motorcycle rider may show mid-1970s residential transportation details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows an unstaged rider approaching, turning and passing by, giving the clip the feel of a family or neighborhood observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motorcycle rider, white helmet, parked cars, utility poles, overcast sky, street pavement and nearby homes or buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong grain, purple color shift, soft focus, handheld framing and visible frame edges that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition or memory beat for 1970s transportation, neighborhood life or small-town movement.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary street mobility and parked-car surroundings without enough visual evidence to identify a specific town, event or landmark.
Research note: A rider is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious logos or music are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1976 Kentucky 8mm motorcycle footage, 1970s residential street home movie, and vintage rider passing parked cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kentucky 1976 street footage, then broader 1970s transportation or neighborhood home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Kentucky 1976 home-movie footage, a helmeted motorcycle rider approaches along a street lined with parked cars and utility poles. — A motorcycle rider comes toward the camera on a quiet street with parked cars nearby.

The helmeted rider draws closer on a residential or small-town Kentucky street, with cars parked along both sides. — The rider nears the camera while moving between parked cars under muted light.

A blurred close pass shows the motorcycle moving by the camera, with the rider and front wheel partly visible in 8mm grain. — The motorcycle passes close to the camera, creating motion blur in the home-movie frame.

The rider continues away on the street near parked cars and a brick-looking building with tall arched window openings. — The rider moves away from the camera beside parked cars and a building facade.

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