Holland Michigan-1969: Women Performing Dutch Folk Dance

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHolland, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Holland Michigan

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Women Performing Dutch Folk Dance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a lively outdoor dance performance in Holland, Michigan. A group of women in traditional Dutch-style costumes, including white bonnets and dark dresses, perform a synchronized folk dance on a sunlit stage. Spectators, including women in 1960s casual wear, watch from the foreground. The scene unfolds against a brick wall and lush green trees, with a white building in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of a cultural celebration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125594389

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 1020 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: holland michigan
Date: 1969 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: Holland, Michigan, 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: Useful for 1960s Midwest cultural festival coverage, Dutch American community life, or documentary sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of folk dance performance.
Period detail: The 1969 home-movie setting is supported by metadata, with visible era clues in spectators' coats, skirts, handheld cameras, and traditional Dutch-style costumes.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot view of spectators watching costumed dancers, with casual framing that emphasizes the public event rather than a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women in white bonnets and dark dresses, a red skirt, spectators in the foreground, a brick wall, trees, and a pale building beyond the stage.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, bright sun exposure, and slight handheld instability typical of amateur home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural-event cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a sequence about Holland, Michigan, Dutch heritage, or 1960s community festivals.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a public folk dance performance in Holland, Michigan, showing costumed participants and onlookers in a civic outdoor setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright in the film remains separate from performer or spectator permissions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Holland Michigan folk dance, Dutch costume festival home movie, 8mm Midwest cultural event, and vintage Dutch American celebration footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Holland, Michigan 1969 material, then broader Dutch folk dance, parade, festival, or community celebration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan home-movie frame of Dutch-style folk dancers moving across a sunlit outdoor stage as spectators watch. — Dancers in bonnets and dark dresses move past spectators during an outdoor folk dance performance.

Costumed women in Holland, Michigan appear mid-dance in 1969, with spectators and trees visible around the outdoor stage. — A line of dancers crosses the stage in Dutch-style costume as onlookers stand nearby.

A 1969 outdoor folk dance moment in Holland, Michigan, with bonneted dancers, a red skirt, and foreground spectators in 1960s clothing. — Bonneted dancers turn across the stage in front of a brick wall and watching spectators.

Final 1969 Holland, Michigan frame showing Dutch-style costumed dancers spread across the stage with spectators in the foreground. — The group dance continues as performers in bonnets and dark dresses move across the outdoor stage.

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