California-1949: Woman in Flowered Straw Hat Sings Duet With Man Holding Sheet Music

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 · California, United States

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What is in this clip

amateur performance
community entertainment
church social life
singing
costume
postwar leisure
stagecraft

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · low angle from audience level
Setting: indoor · Stage of a hall with a pleated gold-green curtain behind two singers
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: Artificial stage lighting from the front, warm, with deep shadows
People: 2 · A dark-haired young woman in a wide straw hat with purple flowers, purple satin dress, pearl necklace and red lipstick, and a man in a dark jacket and bow tie holding sheet music.
Objects: straw hat · artificial purple flowers · sheet music · stage microphone · pearl necklace · bow tie · stage curtain
Colors: purple · gold · olive green · straw yellow · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman in the flowered straw hat sings beside a man holding sheet music, with a microphone at the left edge.
She crosses her arms and throws her head back while singing.
She opens both hands in a broad gesture as the man looks up from his music.
The man sings out toward the audience while she turns to profile.

Woman in Flowered Straw Hat Sings Duet With Man Holding... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1949 home movie footage of an amateur stage show, filmed in colour on 8mm. A dark-haired young woman in a wide straw hat trimmed with purple flowers and a purple satin dress sings with her head thrown back, crosses her arms, then gestures with open hands. Beside her a man in a bow tie sings from a sheet of music, with a stage microphone at the left edge. It is one handheld low-angle medium shot from the audience, against a gold-green curtain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000201

Rights & Clearance

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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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits requests for late-1940s American community or church entertainment, where an editor needs amateur performers on stage in colour.
Period detail: Rolled dark hair, red lipstick, a puff-sleeved satin dress, a bow tie and a ring-mounted stage microphone point to the late 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: A member of the audience films two amateur singers mid-song, catching unguarded, wholehearted gestures meant for the room rather than the camera.
What appears in frame: A woman in a flowered straw hat and purple satin dress, a man in a bow tie, a sheet of music, a pearl necklace, a stage microphone and a gold-green curtain.
Film character: 8mm colour stock with saturated purples and yellows, soft focus, visible grain and a slightly unsteady handheld low angle under stage light.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway within a sequence on community gatherings, or as a colour insert on amateur music-making.
Historical context: It shows a costumed amateur duet of the kind staged at congregation socials, on a reel that otherwise records a Lutheran church community.
Research note: Two adults are recognisable and unnamed; copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights, and no releases are known for the performers or the hall.
Research search match: 1940s amateur stage show, woman singing in straw hat, church social talent night, 8mm colour home movie of singers, man with sheet music.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the women's trio, tuxedo singer and fan gag clips from this reel, then the congregation and church site clips, then other 1940s amateur shows.

Still Frames From This Clip

Costumed woman in a flowered straw hat and a man with sheet music sing at a stage microphone, probably California, circa 1949. — The duet in full voice, with the stage microphone at the left edge and a gold-green curtain behind.
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Singer in purple satin and a flowered straw hat throws her head back with arms crossed at an amateur show, probably California, circa 1949. — She crosses her arms and sings upward while her partner reads from his music.
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Amateur stage duet seen from below: a woman sings open-mouthed as a man glances up from his music, probably California, circa 1949. — Seen from audience level, the man looks up from the page as she holds a note.
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Man and costumed woman sing together before a gold-green curtain at an amateur show, probably California, circa 1949, on 8mm colour film. — Both singers face out toward the audience, with the man's face clear above his music.
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