Silver Lake California-1966: Family Playing A Game Of Croquet Outside In The Yard

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSilver Lake, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 California

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Family Playing A Game Of Croquet Outside In The Yard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a sunny afternoon playing croquet in a grassy backyard. A man in a light-colored shirt and trousers sits on a folding chair, while a woman in a patterned dress takes a swing with a wooden mallet, hitting a red ball across the lawn. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight, with lush green trees and shrubs framing the yard. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana moment perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124056621

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Silver Lake, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Southern California home-movie footage for productions needing a domestic leisure or backyard recreation moment.
Period detail: The clothing, folding chair, croquet mallets, lawn setting, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1960s family-yard scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family game as one adult sits nearby and another lines up a croquet shot on the grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a folding lawn chair, croquet mallets, a red ball, grass, shrubs, trees, and bright yard sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, slight softness, high midday exposure, color shift, and handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for family life, recreation, or summer backyard sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal domestic leisure in a residential yard without showing identifiable public landmarks or organized sporting context.
Research note: Adults are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos, children, or audible music are indicated in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1966 8mm family croquet, Silver Lake backyard game, 1960s home movie recreation, and vintage lawn leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family scenes, then other 1966 Silver Lake material, then broader 1960s backyard recreation or home-game footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1966 Silver Lake yard scene, a man sits on a folding chair under tree shade with grass and shrubs behind him. — A seated man watches from the shaded side of the lawn.

The Silver Lake backyard lawn shows a red croquet ball on the grass with wooden mallets partly visible at the right edge. — A red croquet ball rests on the sunlit lawn near waiting mallets.

A woman in a light patterned dress stands in the 1966 Silver Lake yard with a wooden croquet mallet near a red ball. — The player positions her mallet beside the red ball on the lawn.

The woman turns across the Silver Lake backyard lawn holding a croquet mallet, with shrubs and trees framing the grass. — A woman follows the play across the lawn with the mallet in hand.

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