United States-1971: Two Teenage Girls Burst Into Laughter, One in Round Glasses

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

laughter
teenage friendship
1970s youth
home gathering
candid emotion
family home movie

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Home interior with a plain pale lavender-white wall, a dark wall plate and the edge of a framed item
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: Flat indoor artificial light, likely camera light, with even exposure on faces
People: 3 · Two teenage girls in focus: one at center with a short dark haircut and light blue top laughing, one in round wire-rimmed glasses with wavy brown hair over a white top; a third person in dark clothing partly visible at the frame edge.
Objects: round wire-rimmed glasses · dark wall plate · framed item edge
Colors: pale lavender · light blue · white · black · pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The teen at center throws her head back in open-mouthed laughter.
She keeps laughing with eyes shut while her friend in glasses smiles.
The laughter settles into a wide smile aimed at the camera.
The friend in round glasses turns her head and laughs.
The frame drifts as the shot ends on the smiling center figure.

Two Teenage Girls Burst Into Laughter, One in Round Glasses — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1971, home movie footage shows two teenage girls laughing together at an indoor gathering against a pale lavender-white wall. The one at center, with a short dark haircut and light blue top, throws her head back in open-mouthed laughter, then settles into a wide smile toward the camera. Beside her, a teen in round wire-rimmed glasses smiles and then turns away laughing, while a third person is partly visible at the frame edge. It is a single close handheld Super 8 shot, captured upside down from the projection.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorNight
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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001118

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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 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: 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 authentic early 1970s footage of American teenagers sharing a laugh, for documentaries, nostalgia montages and youth culture programs.
Period detail: Round wire-rimmed glasses, a short dark bob and wavy shoulder-length hair may show early 1970s teenage style, consistent with the reel's circa 1971 dating.
Home-movie behavior: The laughter is unstaged and caught mid-burst, with friends reacting to each other rather than posing for the family camera.
What appears in frame: A laughing teen with a short dark haircut in a light blue top, a friend in round wire-rimmed glasses, a third figure at the edge, a pale wall, a dark wall plate and the corner of a framed item.
Film character: Sharp Super 8 image with soft grain, cool wall tones and warm skin, filmed handheld with slight drift, and captured upside down so it needs flipping.
Edit role: Works as a brief memory beat or reaction cutaway within a montage about friendship, adolescence or 1970s home life.
Historical context: Super 8, launched by Kodak in 1965, made home filming of casual teenage gatherings like this common in American households by the early 1970s.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of the identifiable people shown, who are probably minors, so check talent permissions before any commercial use; clearance is not guaranteed.
Research search match: Researchers might search 'teenage girls laughing 1970s', 'Super 8 home movie friends laughing' or 'early seventies teens at a party'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's 'Teenage girl in glasses and floral dress smiling', 'Store Bought Clothes chalkboard sign' and 'Cat on a THE END chalkboard sign' clips, then with other circa 1971 American interiors, then with laughter and friendship themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Teen with short dark hair laughing open-mouthed beside a friend in round glasses, United States, circa 1971 — A teenager throws her head back laughing while her friend in round glasses smiles, circa 1971.
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Super 8 home movie of teenage friends laughing at an indoor gathering in the United States, circa 1971 — Eyes shut mid-laugh, the teen at center keeps laughing as her bespectacled friend looks on.
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Teenager with dark bob smiling at the camera beside a friend in round glasses, early 1970s United States — The laughter settles into a wide smile toward the camera.
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Teen in light blue top smiles as her friend in glasses turns away laughing, home movie, circa 1971 United States — At the end of the shot the friend in glasses turns aside, laughing.
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