Kentucky-1976: Friends Gather and Socialize

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

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Friends Gather and Socialize — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures a lively indoor gathering in Kentucky. A man in a light-colored collared shirt smiles while holding a beer can, surrounded by friends in a dimly lit room with a distinct purple hue. A woman with long hair laughs joyfully, and another with a dark bob hairstyle looks on. The footage features natural 8mm film grain, slight camera shake, and warm, saturated colors typical of home movies from the era, evoking a nostalgic, candid party atmosphere.

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: 125592086

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: Yes
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: This 1976 Kentucky 8mm home-movie clip helps satisfy requests for candid 1970s social gathering footage for documentary, educational, or period-memory edits.
Period detail: Visible era clues may include 1970s hairstyles, collared shirts, a pull-tab style beer can, warm indoor lighting, and the purple color cast of aged home-movie film.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged party behavior, with friends laughing, looking toward the camera, holding a drink, and moving casually in a private indoor room.
What appears in frame: The frames show several adults, a man in a light collared shirt, women with long hair and a dark bob, a beer can, close indoor walls, motion blur, and dark film borders.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld wobble, saturated purple-magenta color, uneven exposure, and brief blur that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, party cutaway, 1970s social-life insert, or transition into a sequence about friendship, drinking, or private gatherings.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social-context view of adults gathering indoors in Kentucky in 1976, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific event or venue.
Research note: Visible faces, a private interior, and a likely branded beer can require likeness, property, and trademark review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 Kentucky home movie gathering, 1970s friends drinking indoors, 8mm party footage, and vintage candid social gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kentucky 1976 home movies, then broader 1970s indoor party, friends drinking, and candid gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Kentucky home-movie frame showing adults in a dim room, with a man in a light shirt holding a beer can as friends react nearby. — Friends cluster indoors as a man in a light shirt holds a beer can.

1976 Kentucky home-movie frame with a smiling man in a light collared shirt between women at a private indoor gathering. — A smiling man stands with friends in a close indoor party scene.

1976 Kentucky 8mm frame showing several adults gathered closely, with a man holding a beer can and women looking toward the camera. — Several friends face the camera during a candid indoor gathering.

Soft, blurred 1976 Kentucky home-movie frame of a man moving in a dim indoor gathering, with another face partly visible at the edge. — Motion blur captures a quick movement during the indoor gathering.

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