California USA-1952: An Empty Football Field

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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An Empty Football Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures an empty football field in California, viewed from a high vantage point. The green grass is marked with white yard lines and goalposts stand at each end. Empty bleachers stretch across the background under a muted sky. The footage shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color fade of mid-century home movies, evoking a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of a bygone era.

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: 123339974

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: California, 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 1950s California archival requests needing a quiet establishing view of an empty football field or stadium seating for documentary, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The marked turf, upright goalpost, concrete or wooden bleachers, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century school or community sports venue.
Home-movie behavior: The high, distant framing reads as a visitor-shot observation from the stands or a nearby elevated position rather than staged sports coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green field grass, white yard markings, a goalpost, empty bleachers, railings, a track or sideline path, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld drift, muted color, and contact-sheet edge shadows that add physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, quiet transition, sports-memory cutaway, or pause before or after more active game footage.
Historical context: The empty stands and open field give context for everyday school or community athletics without showing a specific event or identifiable crowd.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright status and any property or venue permissions should be verified separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 8mm California football field, empty stadium bleachers, vintage home movie sports field, and mid-century school athletics cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1952 California travel footage, then broader empty sports field or mid-century stadium cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing an empty football field from above, with a white goalpost, field markings, and vacant bleachers. — An empty football field is seen from a high angle, with the goalpost at left and bleachers beyond the grass.

High-angle 1952 California view of an empty football field, showing worn grass, white field markings, and vacant stadium seating. — The camera frames the open field and empty stands, with yard markings visible across the grass.

1952 California home-movie frame of a quiet football field from an elevated viewpoint, with pale markings and empty bleacher rows. — A broad section of the empty field fills the frame, backed by vacant bleachers and railings.

Final 1952 California frame showing an empty football field and distant bleachers, with faded 8mm color and visible film borders. — The clip ends on the quiet field and stands, with faint yard lines and dark frame edges visible.

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