Los Angeles California-1967: Men In Suits Smiling And Shaking Hands

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Los Angeles California

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Men In Suits Smiling And Shaking Hands — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a man in a dark suit and tie smiling warmly while shaking hands outdoors in Los Angeles. The footage, marked by the characteristic blue-purple color cast of aged Super 8 film, shows him interacting with another person before moving indoors. The grainy texture and slight motion blur reflect the authentic feel of a personal 1960s home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century social interactions.

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: 127025272

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 1251 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: california,oregon
Date: 1967 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: Los Angeles, California, 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 1960s Los Angeles editorial sequences needing a brief home-movie view of suited men greeting, smiling, and shaking hands.
Period detail: The dark suits, narrow ties, short groomed hairstyles, and 8mm color rendering support a late-1960s social or business setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal handheld proximity, with people acknowledging one another and the camera during a casual greeting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men, a handshake moment, smiling faces, narrow ties, a building overhang, interior-looking walls, and blue-purple film color.
Film character: The clip has grain, soft focus, motion blur, uneven exposure, and a blue-purple cast typical of aged small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century business, social greeting, or civic-attendance scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows formal menswear and polite public-facing interaction without enough visual evidence to identify the event, venue, or participants.
Research note: People's faces are visible, so likeness and identification review may be needed in addition to standard copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1967 Los Angeles 8mm men in suits shaking hands, vintage home movie greeting, or 1960s business social footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Los Angeles clips, then related scenes of formal greetings and suited gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Los Angeles home-movie frame of a smiling suited man near another person under a building overhang. — A suited man smiles during a close handheld outdoor greeting.

1967 Los Angeles frame showing a suited man smiling in soft focus beside a plain exterior wall. — A suited man turns toward the camera in a brief smiling moment.

Soft 1967 Los Angeles home-movie frame of a suited man passing close to the camera under a building overhang. — Motion blur catches a suited man moving past the camera.

Two suited men appear near a wall as the handheld camera shifts position.

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