Kentucky-1976: Happy Energetic People Enjoying Themselves

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

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Happy Energetic People Enjoying Themselves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures a lively, energetic crowd at what appears to be a social gathering or party. The footage is characterized by a strong purple color cast and motion blur, suggesting handheld camera work and movement. Individuals, including a young man in a patterned shirt and a woman in a blue cardigan, are seen laughing and interacting in a crowded indoor setting. The grainy texture and slight focus issues are typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and candid 1970s Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 125592558

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 candid indoor social gathering footage for documentary, museum, education, or period-memory edits.
Period detail: The clothing, hairstyles, crowded interior, and 8mm color rendering may show a mid-1970s informal party or community gathering, consistent with the 1976 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures unstaged laughter, conversation, and movement among adults in a crowded room from a handheld participant's point of view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include laughing adults, a woman in a blue cardigan, patterned shirts, striped upholstery, close-packed seating, soft faces, and an indoor private setting.
Film character: The scan has pronounced grain, purple color shift, soft focus, motion blur, and handheld framing that preserve the physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick memory beat, crowd cutaway, party transition, or atmospheric insert for 1970s social life.
Historical context: The footage offers a candid view of informal adult sociability in a Kentucky interior without enough visual evidence to identify the occasion or venue.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1976 Kentucky home movie party crowd, 1970s indoor social gathering, candid adults laughing, and purple-tinted 8mm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1976 Kentucky interiors, then broader 1970s home-movie party or crowd material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Kentucky 8mm frame of a blonde woman in a blue cardigan laughing near other adults in a crowded indoor gathering. — A woman laughs while seated among adults in a crowded room.

Motion-blurred 1976 Kentucky home-movie frame showing adults moving close together in an indoor social setting. — Handheld motion blur turns the crowded gathering into a soft close-up of moving faces and bodies.

1976 Kentucky 8mm frame with a young man in the foreground and several seated adults behind him in a crowded private interior. — A young man sits in front of several adults packed closely together.

Motion-blurred 1976 Kentucky frame of a woman in blue moving among adults in a crowded indoor home-movie scene. — A woman in blue passes through the frame as the handheld camera moves through the crowd.

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