Oahu Hawaii USA-1959: Polo Game On A Beautiful Day With Amazing Mountains In The Background

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

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Polo Game On A Beautiful Day With Amazing Mountains In... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1959, capturing a polo match on a sunny day. Riders in traditional white and yellow uniforms compete on horseback across a grassy field, with a distinctive white arched structure and lush green mountains in the background. Spectators line the field behind a barrier, watching the game, while a classic white car is visible in the foreground. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, authentic 1950s home movie aesthetic, offering a rare glimpse into mid-century Hawaiian leisure and sports culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121072156

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1959 Oahu home-movie footage for productions needing mid-century Hawaii leisure, polo, spectators, and mountain-backed recreation scenes.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1950s dress, a white mid-century car, 8mm color stock, and a formal polo setting in Oahu as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from among spectators, giving the game an unstaged visitor perspective with crowd edges, foreground barriers, and passing riders.
What appears in frame: The clip shows mounted polo players, spectators behind a field barrier, a grassy playing area, distant green mountains, clouds, an arched white structure, and a white car.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, gate edges, and handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, period sports insert, Hawaii travel memory beat, or transition into mid-century outdoor leisure.
Historical context: The footage visually places organized recreation and spectatorship in a Hawaiian outdoor setting, without confirming the venue or event beyond the supplied Oahu 1959 metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Oahu polo game, 8mm Hawaii sports footage, mid-century Hawaiian recreation, spectators at polo match, and home movie horse riders.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Oahu 1959 material, then broader Hawaii leisure, polo, horses, spectators, and mountain landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Oahu home-movie frame showing a polo rider crossing a grassy field before spectators, mountains, clouds, and a white arched structure. — A mounted polo player rides across the field with spectators lined along the sideline and mountains behind.

1959 Oahu footage frame with a mounted polo player near spectators, a field barrier, distant mountains, clouds, and a white arched structure. — The rider moves along the spectator side of the polo field under a cloudy mountain backdrop.

1959 Oahu home-movie view from behind spectators and a white car toward a polo rider, field, palm trees, mountains, and heavy clouds. — Spectators and a white car frame the view toward a polo rider and the mountain-backed field.

1959 Oahu home-movie frame showing spectators beside a white car watching a polo rider, with palms, mountains, and clouds beyond the field. — The crowd watches from near a parked white car as a rider moves across the field below the mountains.

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