Oahu Hawaii USA-1959: Horses Racing Along Track While Playing Polo With Sticks

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationOahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Hawaii

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Horses Racing Along Track While Playing Polo With Sticks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1959, capturing a lively polo match on a grassy field. Riders in traditional white and yellow jerseys gallop on horses, wielding mallets as they compete under a cloudy sky. The scene is framed by lush tropical trees and distant mountains, with spectators visible behind a low wall. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century leisure and equestrian sport.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121072048

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1873 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: 1,March
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: hawaii
Date: 1959 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: Oahu, Hawaii, 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: Supports requests for 1950s Hawaii leisure, amateur sports, equestrian recreation, or Oahu home-movie material for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century polo attire, open recreational grounds, period cars or spectators beyond the field, and distant Oahu mountain scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie camera observes the polo action from the sideline, following riders and horses at a distance rather than staging a formal sports record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted polo players, mallets, a grassy field, low boundary fencing, scattered spectators or cars, tropical trees, mountains, and cloudy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, sports cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into mid-century leisure life in Hawaii.
Historical context: The footage places organized equestrian recreation within a tropical outdoor setting, with players and spectators sharing a broad field framed by mountains.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clear private-property identifiers are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Oahu polo match, Hawaii 8mm home movie sports, vintage horseback recreation, and mid-century equestrian footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Oahu 1959 material, and then broader 1950s Hawaii recreation or equestrian sports footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Oahu home-movie frame showing mounted polo players crossing a grassy field beneath clouds and distant mountains. — Mounted polo players move across the field with trees, mountains, and spectators or cars in the distance.

1959 Oahu polo footage with a rider on a gray horse in the foreground and other mounted players near the field edge. — A rider on a gray horse crosses the field while other players remain spread across the polo grounds.

Oahu 1959 home-movie frame with a mounted polo player seen from behind on a grassy field below mountain ridges. — The camera holds on a rider from behind as distant players continue the match across the field.

1959 Oahu polo scene with mounted players on a grassy field and a distant white arched structure against mountains. — Players cluster near the center of the field, with a white arched structure and mountains beyond the grounds.

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