Oahu Hawaii USA-1959: Man On A Horse Playing Polo

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

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Man On A Horse Playing Polo — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1959 captures a polo match at a tropical venue. A player in a white helmet and yellow-and-white uniform rides a brown horse, wielding a mallet on a grassy field. Spectators in 1950s attire, including wide-brimmed hats and light-colored clothing, watch from behind a wooden fence. A classic white sedan is parked in the foreground, with lush green mountains and palm trees under a cloudy sky forming the backdrop. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Hawaiian 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: 121072161

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: This clip supports archive requests for late-1950s Oahu leisure, amateur-shot equestrian sport, and mid-century spectator recreation in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1950s clothing, a white mid-century sedan, home-movie color, and spectators gathered behind a field fence, with the 1959 Oahu setting supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged spectator viewpoint, observing a polo player on horseback while nearby attendees watch from the edge of the field.
What appears in frame: The frames show a mounted polo player with mallet, a brown horse, spectators in light clothing and hats, a wooden fence, a white sedan, palm trees, grassy playing field, and mountain backdrop.
Film character: The 8mm image carries visible grain, gate edges, soft focus, slight color fading, dust marks, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a physical home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert or cutaway for Hawaiian leisure, mid-century sports, travel memory, or recreational life in the late 1950s.
Historical context: The scene documents a public outdoor sporting occasion in Hawaii, showing spectators and a player within a tropical landscape without identifying the venue or event by name.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos or music are evident from the supplied metadata and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1959 Oahu home movie polo match, 8mm Hawaii equestrian sport, mid-century Hawaiian spectators, and vintage tropical recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1959 Oahu scenes, and finally with broader Hawaii recreation, equestrian sport, or mid-century travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Oahu home-movie frame showing a mounted polo player with mallet near spectators, a white sedan, palm trees, and mountains beyond the field. — Spectators watch a mounted polo player near the field fence.

1959 Oahu frame of a polo player in a white helmet riding a brown horse near field spectators, with palm trees and mountains in the distance. — A polo player rides past spectators at the edge of the field.

1959 Oahu home-movie frame with a white sedan in the foreground, spectators at a fence, and a mounted polo player on a grassy field below distant mountains. — A white sedan frames the foreground as spectators watch polo.

Soft, motion-blurred 1959 Oahu frame showing partial spectators and a white car near the polo field, with heavy film softness and gate edges visible. — A blurred final frame holds the field-side crowd and car shapes.

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