Kentucky-1976: A Few Words From The Birthday Girl

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

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A Few Words From The Birthday Girl — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1976 captures a birthday celebration in Kentucky. A young woman in a light-colored top sits in a dark armchair, speaking into a microphone held by another person. The scene is bathed in a strong greenish-yellow tint, typical of vintage film, with visible grain and scratches. A man in a collared shirt appears in the background, and the group is gathered near a window with sheer curtains. The intimate, candid moment reflects a personal family memory from the mid-1970s.

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: 125591102

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 family-life, birthday, and home-interior sequences needing candid 8mm footage of a person being informally interviewed at a gathering.
Period detail: The armchairs, collared shirt, handheld microphone, sheer curtains, and saturated 8mm color may show a mid-1970s domestic celebration in Kentucky.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family moment as a seated young woman appears to answer or speak into a microphone held by someone nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a handheld microphone, dark upholstered chairs, a bright curtained window, a collared shirt, and strong backlight.
Film character: The footage has dense grain, visible scratches, uneven exposure, soft focus, and a green-yellow cast that read as authentic home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, birthday insert, family-interview cutaway, or transition into a 1970s domestic gathering scene.
Historical context: The scene suggests a private family celebration where recording speech or remarks became part of the event, without indicating a public occasion.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1976 Kentucky 8mm birthday home movie, 1970s family microphone, vintage domestic gathering, and candid birthday remarks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Kentucky 1976 home movies, then with birthday, family gathering, and home-interview themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Kentucky home-movie frame showing a seated person in a dark armchair with a microphone held near their face by another person. — A seated guest appears to speak into a microphone during the indoor birthday gathering.

The microphone is held close as the seated person appears to give a few words.

1976 Kentucky home-movie frame with a standing person leaning over a seated guest near chairs and a strongly backlit window. — A nearby person leans in while the seated guest remains partly obscured by backlight.

1976 Kentucky home-movie frame showing adults seated near a bright curtained window during an indoor birthday gathering. — Adults sit close together near the window as the informal gathering continues.

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