Camden New Jersey USA-1959: Man Playing Golf in Backyard

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCamden, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Playing Golf in Backyard — Clip Details

A man in a blue shirt and dark pants swings a golf club in a suburban backyard, captured on 8mm film in 1959. The footage shows him mid-swing, with a light-colored house and green bushes in the background. The image has the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movies, with a dark border framing the shot. This candid moment reflects mid-century American leisure and the growing popularity of golf as a recreational sport.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123612742

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1097 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: christening kids
Reel-level year note: 1959-1959
Reel-level location note: new jersey
Date: 1959 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: Camden, New Jersey, 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 1950s American home-movie requests needing suburban leisure, amateur golf, or backyard recreation as documentary insert material.
Period detail: The blue casual clothing, small lawn, shrubs, and light-sided house may show a mid-century suburban backyard setting consistent with the 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment of an adult man practicing or playfully swinging a golf club for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in blue clothing, a golf club, green lawn, low shrubs, light house siding, a small window, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, saturated color, handheld framing, and dark rounded gate edges that contribute archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century recreation, suburban domestic life, or amateur sports sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual backyard leisure activity, with golf presented as informal recreation rather than an organized course setting.
Research note: A recognizable adult may be present and a residential exterior appears in frame, so likeness and property-context review should be separate from copyright review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Camden New Jersey home movies, 8mm backyard golf, 1950s suburban recreation, and amateur sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Camden or 1959 suburban material, then broader clips of backyard games, leisure, and family recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1959 Camden, New Jersey home-movie footage, a man in blue clothing stands on a lawn with a golf club before a light-sided house. — A man sets up a backyard golf swing in front of shrubs and a house exterior.

The man follows through on a backyard golf swing, with lawn, shrubs, and a light-colored house visible behind him. — The golf club moves through the swing as the man leans over the lawn.

In the 1959 backyard scene, the man is seen from the side as his golf swing continues before shrubs and house siding. — The golfer turns through the motion, framed by the soft edges of the 8mm image.

The man finishes the backyard golf swing in front of a light-sided house, captured in soft, grainy 8mm color footage. — The swing finishes with the club raised and the man facing across the yard.

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