Washington USA-1939: Youth Football Game with Tackling on Dirt Field

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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Youth Football Game with Tackling on Dirt Field — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from 1939 showing a youth football game on a dusty dirt field. Players in vintage uniforms engage in a tackle during a play, with old-style automobiles and a school bus visible in the background. The grainy, high-contrast film captures the raw energy of a community sports event from the late 1930s, with spectators watching from the sidelines under a bright sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121489403

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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 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: Washington, 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: Useful for 1930s American community sports sequences needing youth football action, rural recreation, or small-town athletic life in archival documentary edits.
Period detail: The clip shows period clues including old-style automobiles, a bus at the sideline, simple football uniforms, and a dusty open playing field in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie value is in the loose sideline view of players running, tackling, and regrouping while spectators and vehicles frame the community setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players, a dirt field, sideline spectators, parked cars, a bus, dust from play, open sky, and distant low landscape.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, high contrast, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing give the short scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, sports-history cutaway, transition into community recreation, or memory beat for late-1930s youth life.
Historical context: The footage places organized football in an informal outdoor community setting, with spectators watching from near parked vehicles rather than built stands.
Research note: People are visible and some faces may be present, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, private property, or brand details are evident from the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Washington 8mm home movie football game, Depression-era community sports footage, dusty field tackle, and vintage football uniforms.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel sports or community scenes, then Washington 1939 material, then broader 1930s American recreation and school athletics footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington home-movie frame showing football players near the line of play on a dusty field with cars, a bus, and spectators in the background. — Players gather near the start of a play on a dirt football field, with vehicles and spectators along the sideline.

Football players in 1939 Washington run during a play on an open dirt field, with parked cars, a bus, and sideline onlookers behind them. — Players move downfield during a play as the sideline crowd watches from near parked vehicles.

A player appears down on the dirt during a 1939 Washington football play, with other players moving through dust and spectators near vehicles behind them. — A tackle or fall sends one player to the ground as the play continues across the dusty field.

Football players converge in a dusty tackle on a Washington dirt field in 1939, with spectators and old-style cars visible along the sideline. — Players collide and run through dust during a tackle, with cars and onlookers in the background.

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