Kentucky-1976: A Man Speaking Into a Microphone in a Dimly Lit Room

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

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A Man Speaking Into a Microphone in a Dimly Lit Room — Clip Details

KENTUCKY-1976: A man in a blue t-shirt with 'HELLO' printed on it speaks into a microphone in a dimly lit room. Shot on 8mm film, the footage has a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture. A floor lamp with a white shade stands to the left, and a decorative pretzel-shaped wall hanging is visible behind him. The man appears to be delivering a monologue or report, his expression serious as he looks down at the microphone. This vintage home movie captures a moment of personal storytelling from the mid-1970s.

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: 125593000

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: Yes

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 clip supports 1970s Kentucky home-movie requests needing an intimate interior moment of a man speaking into a microphone for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 8mm color, a simple floor lamp, domestic wall decor, and a blue printed T-shirt in a dim private room.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value in the man's quiet, serious posture as he looks down and speaks into a handheld microphone indoors.
What appears in frame: The frames show a seated or leaning man, handheld microphone, blue HELLO shirt, white-shaded floor lamp, wall mirror or frame, pretzel-shaped wall hanging, and dim interior walls.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy grain, soft focus, purple color shift, low-light exposure, and slight frame jitter that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic monologue insert, audio-recording cutaway, or transition into a personal testimony sequence.
Historical context: The scene appears to document informal speech or recording inside a Kentucky private interior, reflecting personal media practices rather than a public event.
Research note: Human likeness, private interior, visible shirt text, and flagged audible music require review; copyright and likeness or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 Kentucky 8mm man with microphone, 1970s home movie interior speech, and Super 8 domestic monologue footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kentucky 1976 interiors, then related home-movie footage of microphones, speaking, or personal storytelling.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Kentucky 8mm frame of a man holding a microphone in a dim private interior with a floor lamp and wall decor behind him. — A man looks down while holding a microphone near a bright floor lamp.

A dim 1976 Kentucky home-movie frame shows a man in a blue shirt holding a microphone with a lamp and wall hanging behind him. — The man turns slightly while keeping the microphone close in the low-lit room.

Purple-tinted 8mm frame from Kentucky in 1976 showing a man looking down with a microphone beside a bright floor lamp. — A grainy frame catches the speaker looking down with the microphone in hand.

1976 Kentucky 8mm home-movie frame of a man with a microphone, blue HELLO shirt, floor lamp, and pretzel-shaped wall hanging. — The speaker remains framed against the lamp and decorative wall hanging.

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