Washington DC-1975: Police Officer Playing Mini Golf at Park

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationWashington, DC, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1970 Washington DC

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Police Officer Playing Mini Golf at Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a man in a police uniform playing mini golf in Washington DC. The grainy black-and-white footage shows him walking across a small course, swinging a club, and interacting with the environment. The scene is framed through a dark border, suggesting a view from inside a vehicle or building. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, film grain, and natural lighting—evoking a nostalgic, candid moment of recreation. This archival clip offers authentic 1970s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123209423

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, DC, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1970s Washington, DC recreation or public-service Americana edits needing brief home-movie footage of a uniformed policeman in an informal leisure setting.
Period detail: The uniform styling, soft black-and-white 8mm look, paved course, fencing, and 1975 metadata support a mid-1970s outdoor recreational scene in Washington, DC.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has candid home-movie value as the uniformed man walks the course, handles a club, bends toward the putting area, and appears to acknowledge the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed man, golf club, paved mini-golf surface, dark frame edges, low barriers, fence railings, leafless trees, and distant water or open space.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archive texture through soft focus, gate shadowing, exposure variation, visible grain, and a slightly obscured handheld or filmed-through opening viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, humorous memory beat, or transition within sequences about 1970s leisure, police presence, tourism, or casual public spaces.
Historical context: The scene visually places an official uniform within a relaxed recreational setting, suggesting everyday civic life rather than a formal police action.
Research note: People and a police uniform are visible, so likeness, context, and uniform depiction should be reviewed separately from footage copyright or collection licensing.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1975 Washington DC home movie policeman mini golf, 8mm uniformed man playing golf, and 1970s recreation footage police officer.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Washington, DC footage, then broader clips of 1970s recreation, public spaces, or uniformed workers off duty.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a paved mini-golf course area through dark edges, with railing, low barriers, and open space beyond. — A dark-edged view frames the mini-golf course before the uniformed man enters the shot.

A uniformed man in 1975 Washington, DC walks across a small paved mini-golf course holding a club, seen through dark foreground edges. — The uniformed man walks across the course with a golf club in hand.

The uniformed man bends toward the mini-golf surface in Washington, DC, with a club and low course feature visible in the grainy 8mm frame. — The man leans down on the course, possibly checking the ball or preparing a putt.

A uniformed man faces the camera near the mini-golf course in 1975 Washington, DC, partially softened by exposure and dark frame edges. — The uniformed man turns toward the camera near the course, with fencing and a tree behind him.

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