Kentucky-1976: Group Watches Horse Race on TV

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

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Group Watches Horse Race on TV — Clip Details

KENTUCKY-1976: A grainy, purple-tinted 8mm home movie captures a nostalgic moment of people gathered around a vintage color television, watching a horse race. The screen flickers with blurry images of jockeys and horses, while the surrounding room is dimly lit, emphasizing the glow of the TV. The footage shows the texture of old film, with visible grain and slight motion blur, evoking a sense of mid-70s domestic life and retro technology. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into how families experienced major sporting events at home during the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125592051

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 documentary or editorial requests needing domestic home-viewing of televised horse racing in Kentucky on 8mm film.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-1970s color television and indoor wood-trimmed room details, supported by the 1976 Kentucky metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is in the casual household attention around a television event, including a brief close view of a viewer's face.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a glowing television screen, blurred racing footage, a boxy TV cabinet, wood trim, a wall, and a partially seen adult viewer.
Film character: The 8mm image has heavy grain, purple color shift, soft focus, exposure bloom from the TV, and handheld framing that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, memory beat, or transition for home entertainment, horse racing culture, or 1970s television viewing.
Historical context: The footage shows how a sporting broadcast entered a domestic setting, without confirming the specific race or broadcaster from the frames alone.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are readable, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1976 Kentucky 8mm home movie, people watching horse race on television, 1970s color TV, and domestic sports viewing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Kentucky 1976 home interiors, then broader 1970s television or horse racing viewing clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Kentucky 8mm frame with a bright color television screen showing indistinct horse racing footage in a dim interior. — A glowing television screen shows blurred racing action in a darkened room.

Soft 8mm frame from Kentucky in 1976 showing a boxy television set or cabinet area against an interior wall. — A boxy television or cabinet form sits against the wall in soft focus.

A viewer's profile appears beside wood trim as the room remains dim and grainy.

Purple-tinted 1976 Kentucky 8mm frame with a partial close view of an adult viewer near interior wood trim. — The camera catches the top of a viewer's face and hair near the room's wood trim.

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