Clarendon Hills Illinois-1969: Man Smoking Cigarette in Blue-Lit Room

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationClarendon Hills, Illinois, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Clarendon Hills Illinois

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Man Smoking Cigarette in Blue-Lit Room — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored polo shirt sits in a dimly lit room bathed in blue-toned lighting, holding a cigarette in his right hand. He turns toward the camera with a slight smile, then looks down and away, his expression relaxed and contemplative. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1969, shows visible grain, vertical scratches, and a blue color cast typical of vintage home movies. This candid moment captures a quiet, intimate scene from a private home in Clarendon Hills, Illinois.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127406373

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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
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: Clarendon Hills, Illinois, 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: 1960s Midwestern home-movie footage for documentary or editorial sequences needing an intimate adult smoking cutaway in a private interior.
Period detail: The light polo shirt, cigarette, small cup, and blue-tinted indoor exposure may show a casual late-1960s domestic setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man reacts naturally to the camera, smiling slightly, holding a cigarette, and then looking down as if resuming a quiet conversation.
What appears in frame: A seated man, cigarette, small cup, plain wall, blue room light, partial framed wall object, film gate edges, and vertical scratches are visible.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy grain, blue color cast, soft focus, handheld framing, and visible splice or gate boundaries that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief interior insert, smoking cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1969 family or domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents an informal adult moment inside a private home without enough visual evidence to identify the person, relationship, or occasion.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and private interior are visible, so likeness and property permissions should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 8mm home movie man smoking indoors, blue-lit private home interior, or Clarendon Hills Illinois domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clarendon Hills 1969 interiors, then broader home-movie scenes of adults relaxing indoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1969 Clarendon Hills home-movie frame, a seated man in a light polo shirt looks toward the camera while holding a cigarette. — The man turns toward the camera with a cigarette in hand in the blue-lit room.

A seated adult man in a light shirt smiles faintly toward the camera, cigarette raised, in a blue-lit private interior. — The man holds his cigarette up and gives a slight smile toward the camera.

The man lowers his gaze as a small cup appears near his hands.

The man leans forward in profile with a cup and cigarette visible near the wall.

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