Silver Lake California-1966: Woman Playing Croquet in Silver Lake

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

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Woman Playing Croquet in Silver Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a sunny summer day in Silver Lake, California, where a woman in a light-colored dress plays croquet on a grassy lawn. She swings a wooden mallet at a red ball, with lush green trees and a stone pillar visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a sense of leisure and nostalgia, with another person briefly appearing in the final frame. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century American life.

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: 124056650

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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief leisure, lawn game, or summer recreation beat in Southern California.
Period detail: The light summer dresses, croquet mallet, lawn setting, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1960s domestic recreation feel.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal home-movie observation of people casually playing croquet outdoors rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman with a croquet mallet, a red ball, green lawn, leafy trees, stone pillars, a walkway, and another person near a folding chair.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge family footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for summer leisure, backyard games, or mid-century social recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor recreation in a residential or neighborhood green space, with women in dresses gathered around a lawn game.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm croquet, Silver Lake California home movie, summer lawn game, women playing croquet, and vintage recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1966 Silver Lake footage, then broader 1960s California summer recreation or family leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1966 Silver Lake home-movie footage, a woman in a light dress holds a croquet mallet on a sunny green lawn. — A woman prepares to play croquet on a sunlit lawn bordered by trees.

The camera passes across trees and lawn toward a pale stone pillar in the Silver Lake outdoor setting. — A handheld view drifts across trees, lawn, and a stone pillar during the croquet scene.

A blurred figure moves past pale stone pillars and trees in the 1966 Silver Lake home-movie croquet scene. — Motion blur catches a person moving near stone pillars at the edge of the lawn.

A woman stands near a folding chair on the Silver Lake lawn, with trees, stone pillars, and shaded grass behind her. — Another participant stands near a folding chair as the lawn game setting comes into view.

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