Idaho USA-1955: Men Playing A Game In A Park

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Fits 1950s American outdoor recreation requests; useful B-roll for documentaries on mid-century leisure, community life, or period park settings.

Period detail

Clothing styles, wooden picnic tables, and a sandy horseshoe pit with stakes suggest a mid-1950s American public park; a dark period-era sedan is visible in background frames.

Home-movie behavior

Shot from a stationary vantage by someone watching the game, capturing unposed movement typical of a friend or family member recording casual backyard-style recreation.

What appears in frame

Mown grass lawn, mature deciduous trees, sandy horseshoe pit with stakes, wooden picnic tables, a man in light clothing and cap, a dark 1950s-era sedan, and a dirt footpath.

Film character

Saturated 8mm color with strong edge vignetting, slight motion blur on the moving subject, and natural film grain lending the clip a characteristic home-movie texture.

Edit role

Serves as a cutaway or memory-beat insert in sequences about mid-century American leisure, summer community life, or period park recreation.

Historical context

Horseshoe pitching was a common informal outdoor game at American public parks and picnic areas during the mid-20th century, often filmed by amateur home-movie makers.

Research note

Adult faces are visible and may be identifiable; no likeness release is on record. Copyright status of the underlying footage requires independent verification before any use.

Research search match

1950s American park recreation, mid-century outdoor games, horseshoes home movie, Idaho 1955, 8mm leisure footage, vintage picnic park scene.

Archive pairing path

Pair first with other clips from this reel or Idaho 1955 shoot, then 1950s American park or picnic footage, then mid-century outdoor recreation sequences.