Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Group Hiking Through Woods And Climbing Rocks In Summertime

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Group Hiking Through Woods And Climbing Rocks In Summertime — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, capturing a group of young people hiking through a wooded, rocky ravine in summertime. The grainy, color-saturated film shows individuals navigating uneven terrain, with one person climbing over large boulders while others assist or watch. A young man in a plaid shirt smiles as he helps a companion ascend a rock face, while others walk along the rocky path. The scene is framed by natural foliage and dappled sunlight, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment of outdoor adventure from the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 120975901

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Dayton, Ohio, 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: 1950s Ohio home-movie footage for productions needing candid youth hiking, rock scrambling, or summer recreation in a wooded ravine.
Period detail: The clothing, color 8mm look, and supplied 1958 Dayton metadata support a late-1950s outdoor recreation scene, with no visible landmarks to identify the exact site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged group behavior as hikers watch, walk, smile, and physically help one another over uneven rocks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include young people in casual shirts and trousers, large boulders, rocky streambed terrain, leafy woods, dappled sunlight, and a walking stick or branch.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for postwar leisure, youth outings, hiking, or family-reel outdoor activity.
Historical context: The scene suggests mid-century informal recreation among young people in a natural ravine setting, without evidence of an organized event or named park.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, private interiors, or obvious private property are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Dayton Ohio 8mm hiking, 1950s teenagers climbing rocks, vintage home movie woods, and group walking through rocky ravine.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Dayton or 1958 Ohio outdoor footage, then with broader 1950s hiking, youth recreation, and wooded-ravine material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the supplied 1958 Dayton home-movie frame, young people move through a rocky wooded ravine in summer light. — Group members navigate the rocky path through woods.

A young man in a plaid shirt assists a companion climbing across a boulder in the 1958 Dayton outdoor footage. — A hiker steadies a companion on the rock face.

The home-movie frame shows close assistance during a rock scramble, with the helper partly blurred by motion and foliage. — Hands-on help as one person climbs through the boulders.

A climber in dark clothing crosses a boulder as another person supports them from below in the wooded ravine scene. — A climber crawls over the rock while being helped from below.

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