Kentucky-1976: Man in Towel and Young Man Singing at Microphone

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

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Man in Towel and Young Man Singing at Microphone — Clip Details

KENTUCKY-1976: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a playful moment with a person in a white towel covering their face, then revealing a wide smile under a black hat. The scene shifts to a young man in a blue shirt singing into a microphone in a dimly lit room with a pretzel wall decoration. Shot on 8mm film, this grainy, purple-tinted footage evokes nostalgic 1970s family fun and casual home recordings.

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: 125592997

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Kentucky home-movie footage for productions needing brief family play, casual interior performance, or comic domestic inserts.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1970s private interior with a towel gag, dark hat, handheld microphone, table lamp, wall mirror, and decorative pretzel-shaped wall object.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged family behavior: someone hams for the camera with a covered face, followed by a young man informally singing indoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white towel, a dark brimmed hat, a smiling mouth, a blue shirt, a handheld microphone, a glowing lamp, a wall mirror, and a pretzel wall decoration.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, purple color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short comic insert, family-memory beat, domestic transition, or cutaway for informal 1970s home entertainment.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual private recording practices, with family members performing directly for the camera in an ordinary indoor setting.
Research note: People, a private interior, and possible brand or shirt lettering are visible, so likeness, property, and trademark review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s Kentucky home movie, 8mm family gag, vintage indoor singing, casual microphone performance, and funny family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Kentucky 1976 family interiors, then with broader 1970s home performance or family-humor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Kentucky 1976 home-movie frame of a person playfully covering their face with a white towel beneath a dark brimmed hat. — A towel-covered face and dark hat create a playful family gag.

Close 8mm frame of a person smiling or making a face while covered by a towel and dark hat in a private Kentucky interior. — The covered face remains close to the camera during the joke.

Purple-tinted 8mm close-up of the towel-and-hat gag, with the person's mouth visible as they face the camera. — The camera lingers on the exaggerated covered-face performance.

Young man in a blue shirt appears to sing into a microphone inside a Kentucky private room with a lamp, mirror, and wall decoration. — A young man performs casually with a microphone in a dim interior.

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