Kentucky-1976: Young Men Laughing And Interacting With Microphone In Purple-Lit Room

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

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Young Men Laughing And Interacting With Microphone In... — Clip Details

KENTUCKY-1976: A group of young men laugh and interact in a dimly lit room bathed in purple light, captured on 8mm film. One man holds a microphone, suggesting a casual performance or recording session. The subjects wear casual 1970s attire, including t-shirts and button-down shirts, with one man in a light-colored shirt and another in a blue shirt. The grainy, high-contrast footage with heavy purple color cast reflects the era's home movie aesthetic. The handheld camera captures spontaneous, joyful moments of camaraderie and celebration in a private setting.

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: 125591716

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Kentucky home-movie footage for edits needing young adults socializing around a handheld microphone in a private interior.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm source, and metadata-supported 1976 date place this as mid-1970s home-movie material with casual shirts and indoor room lighting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged laughter, gesturing, and shared attention around a microphone, suggesting a casual home gathering or informal performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include young men, a handheld microphone, casual shirts, a doorway or wall partition, shelves or books, strong purple light, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has pronounced grain, soft focus, heavy magenta-purple color cast, high contrast, and quick handheld movement typical of scanned small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or social cutaway for 1970s youth, home gatherings, amateur recording, or private-room camaraderie.
Historical context: The scene visually documents informal social interaction among young men in a private Kentucky interior without establishing a public event or named location.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 Kentucky 8mm home movie, young men with microphone, purple-lit room, casual 1970s gathering, and amateur performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kentucky 1976 interiors, then broader 1970s home-movie scenes of young adults socializing.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young men in 1976 Kentucky home-movie footage laugh and gesture together in a dim purple-lit room. — Young men laugh and gesture during an informal indoor gathering.

A young man holds a microphone while another stands nearby in purple-tinted 1976 Kentucky home-movie footage. — A young man holds a microphone beside another person in the room.

A motion-blurred figure moves through a dim private interior in purple-tinted 8mm home-movie footage. — Motion blur obscures a person moving near the camera.

A young man smiles beside shelves or books in a purple-lit private Kentucky interior from 1976 home-movie footage. — A smiling young man stands near shelves inside the room.

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