Washington USA-1939: Vintage Energetic American Football Game Played On Open Dirt Field

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

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Vintage Energetic American Football Game Played On Open... — Clip Details

WASHINGTON USA-1939: Vintage black-and-white home movie footage captures an energetic American football game played on an open dirt field. Young men in casual athletic wear engage in a lively match, with players running, tackling, and kicking the ball under a bright sky. Spectators and vintage automobiles line the sidelines, adding to the authentic 1930s rural Americana atmosphere. The grainy 8mm film quality, with visible edge distortion and motion blur, enhances the nostalgic, archival feel of this historic amateur sports scene.

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: 121489582

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie views of amateur American football on a rural open field in Washington.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s recreation through casual athletic clothing, unpaved playing ground, sideline spectators, and period automobiles visible beyond the field.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged sideline perspective, with players, spectators, dust, and camera movement conveying a local community game rather than formal sports coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players, tackles in progress, a dirt or grass field, sideline spectators, parked vintage cars, open hills, bright sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows pronounced grain, soft focus, handheld framing, motion blur, dust specks, and dark edge vignetting from the physical scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for rural recreation, amateur sport, school athletics, or everyday American life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The footage places organized play in an informal outdoor setting, where spectators and cars along the boundary suggest a community sports gathering.
Research note: People and some faces are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness, privacy, and any local property or event-identification concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s 8mm home movie amateur American football, rural Washington sports footage, vintage dirt field game, and spectators with old cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Washington or 1939 home movies, then with related amateur sports, school recreation, rural community, or vintage car sidelines.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington home-movie frame of an amateur football play on an open field, with spectators and parked cars in the background. — Players bunch together during a tackle while spectators watch from the edge of the field.

1939 Washington home-movie view of players running during an amateur football game on a dusty open field. — Players break across the field as dust rises near the sideline crowd and parked cars.

A close, motion-blurred figure crosses the foreground during the 1939 Washington amateur football footage. — A nearby figure briefly obscures the field as the handheld camera follows the action.

Wide 1939 Washington home-movie frame of an amateur football game, with players on the field and spectators along the boundary. — A wide sideline view shows players resetting or engaging near the line while the crowd watches.

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