Kentucky-1976: Two Men Chatting in Dimly Lit Room

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

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Two Men Chatting in Dimly Lit Room — Clip Details

KENTUCKY-1976: Two young men engage in conversation inside a dimly lit room, captured on grainy 8mm film. One man in a light-colored collared shirt raises a small object, possibly a drink, while the other, in a striped shirt, listens and responds. The scene is bathed in a cool blue tint, typical of vintage home movie lighting, with visible film grain and vertical scratches. Their interaction appears casual and intimate, suggesting a personal moment preserved from the mid-1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 125591204

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 Kentucky home-movie requests needing an intimate indoor conversation or casual social exchange between young men.
Period detail: The collared shirts, soft interior lighting, and 8mm color response may show a mid-1970s domestic setting consistent with the supplied 1976 Kentucky metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal body language: one man gestures with a small object while another listens at close range in a private room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two young men, light and striped collared shirts, a small raised object, plain interior walls, close handheld framing, and dim blue cast.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, cool underexposure, vertical scratches, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, relationship cutaway, or transitional insert for private 1970s conversation and domestic social life.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual interpersonal interaction in a private interior, but it does not identify the men, occasion, household, or specific Kentucky community.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions may require review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1976 Kentucky 8mm home movie, two men talking indoors, vintage private room conversation, and 1970s casual social footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel domestic scenes, then other 1976 Kentucky interiors, then broader 1970s home-movie conversation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a dim 1976 Kentucky interior, a young man in a light collared shirt raises a small object while speaking to another man. — A young man gestures with a small object during an indoor conversation.

The conversation continues with both figures partly silhouetted by low light.

A young man in a striped shirt faces a man in a light collared shirt during a close indoor exchange in 1976 Kentucky footage. — Two men face one another in a close, low-lit domestic setting.

In a blue-tinted indoor frame, a man in a light shirt extends his arm toward another young man whose face is in shadow. — One man reaches or gestures toward the other as the exchange continues.

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