Mexico City-1962: View Of A Grassy Sport Arena On A Sunny Day

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Mexico City

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View Of A Grassy Sport Arena On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a grassy sports arena in Mexico City. The footage, framed by the characteristic black borders of Super 8 film, shows a wide-angle perspective of a baseball field with a running track, surrounded by empty stadium seating. The image exhibits classic 1960s film grain, a distinct purple color cast, and natural light flares, with distant city buildings visible under a bright sky. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century urban recreation and sports culture.

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: 123685771

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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
Date: 1962 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: Mexico City, Mexico 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 1960s documentary or education edits needing an exterior view of a Mexico City sports arena from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century stadium architecture, empty seating, a running track, and distant urban buildings that support the 1962 Mexico City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor's elevated, observational view of the arena rather than staged athletic action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grass playing field, running track, empty stands, stairways, railings, distant buildings, dark film borders, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, gate edges, slight handheld framing, high daylight exposure, and a strong blue-purple color shift.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a location-establishing insert, sports-culture cutaway, transition, or quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The clip documents a public recreational space as seen by a traveler or spectator, with no visible crowd or game activity in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, venue/property context, and location identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Mexico City sports arena, 8mm baseball field, empty stadium home movie, and vintage running track view may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Mexico City exteriors, then broader 1960s sports or urban recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Mexico City home-movie view across an open sports arena area toward empty stands and distant urban buildings. — A wide view across the stadium area shows empty seating and city buildings beyond the arena.

Elevated 1962 Mexico City view of a grassy sports field bordered by a track and empty stadium seating. — The camera looks down over the grass field, track lanes, railings, and empty stands.

Home-movie frame of the Mexico City sports arena, showing the grass field, track curve, and empty seating from above. — A steadier elevated angle frames the arena field and the track curving around it.

1962 Mexico City arena view with a grassy field, track, walkway, and empty stadium seating under bright daylight. — The final frame holds on the field, track, walkway, and empty stands in bright sun.

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