Kentucky-1976: Man Wearing Blue Shirt Talks Directly to Camera

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

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Man Wearing Blue Shirt Talks Directly to Camera — Clip Details

A young man with dark, curly hair and a blue collared shirt appears in this 8mm home movie from Kentucky in 1976. Shot indoors under intense purple lighting, he looks around and speaks directly to the camera with a slight smile. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color distortion, capturing a candid, nostalgic moment from the mid-1970s. This authentic home movie clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or projects exploring 1970s Americana and personal memory.

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: 125591549

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: 1970s Kentucky home-movie footage useful for documentary or editorial requests needing a close indoor portrait of a young man addressing the camera.
Period detail: The blue collared shirt, soft hairstyle, indoor domestic setting and magenta Super 8 color cast support a mid-1970s home-movie reading.
Home-movie behavior: The young man appears relaxed and aware of the camera, turning his head and speaking with a slight smile in an unstaged personal moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man, dark curly hair, blue collared shirt, indoor wall, close facial framing, strong purple light and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries dense Super 8 grain, saturated purple-blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure and visible gate edges as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a memory beat, character insert, reaction cutaway or transition within sequences about 1970s family life and personal recollection.
Historical context: The clip offers a brief social glimpse of informal indoor filming, with the subject engaging the camera rather than appearing in a staged portrait.
Research note: A clearly visible adult face requires likeness review, while copyright and any personal-release questions should be assessed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1976 Kentucky home movie man talking to camera, 1970s Super 8 indoor portrait and blue shirt young man close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Kentucky 1976 interiors, then with broader 1970s home-movie portraits and candid conversation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1976 Kentucky home-movie footage, a young man with dark curly hair looks toward the camera in a blue collared shirt. — The subject faces the camera in a close indoor Super 8 frame.

The man shifts into a three-quarter profile under saturated color cast.

A close Super 8 frame shows the young man smiling faintly, with his face partly turned away in the indoor Kentucky scene. — A slight smile appears as the subject looks downward and aside.

The clip ends with the man in side profile, close to the camera.

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