New York USA-1964: Batter Hits Ball and Runs to First Base

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Batter Hits Ball and Runs to First Base — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1964 captures a lively baseball game at a packed stadium in New York. The grainy, color-saturated film shows a batter hitting the ball and running toward first base, with players in classic uniforms on the field. Spectators fill the stands under daylight, viewed through the dark frame of a window or screen. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and authentic imperfections of 8mm home movie film, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century Americana.

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: 121504108

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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1964 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: New York, 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 1960s documentary or museum sequences needing home-movie baseball atmosphere at a crowded New York stadium.
Period detail: The uniforms, packed grandstand, daylight play, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1960s baseball setting, with New York supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, filming the batter, catcher, umpire, and crowd through dark foreground framing from the stands or a windowed vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a batter, catcher, umpire, base path, infield grass, pitching mound, crowded stands, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: Color 8mm texture shows soft focus, grain, mild exposure variation, vertical scratches, and motion blur that read as original home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a quick sports insert, period transition, crowd cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century American recreation.
Historical context: The footage shows baseball as a public spectator event, with a large crowd watching daytime play from stadium seating.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and venue or team identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1960s 8mm baseball game, New York stadium home movie, batter runs to first base, or vintage crowd sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 New York material, then broader 1960s baseball or spectator-sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York baseball home-movie frame showing a batter near home plate, catcher, umpire, and packed stands beyond dark foreground framing. — A spectator view frames the batter, catcher, umpire, and crowded grandstand during the baseball game.

1964 New York baseball scene with the batter moving out of the box, catcher and umpire near home plate, and spectators filling the stands. — The batter starts toward first as the catcher and umpire remain near home plate.

Grainy 1964 New York 8mm frame of baseball action at home plate, with the batter, catcher, umpire, and dense crowd visible. — Home-plate action is seen from a distant spectator position across the infield.

1964 New York baseball frame showing a runner on the first-base line, infield players, and a packed stadium crowd in soft 8mm focus. — The runner moves up the first-base line as fielders and spectators remain in view.

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