Salton Sea California-1961: Shy Man Hiding From Camera in Green Plaid Shirt

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationSalton Sea, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Salton Sea California

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Shy Man Hiding From Camera in Green Plaid Shirt — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a young man in a green plaid shirt standing in a dimly lit room, his face partially obscured as he looks down and away from the camera. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and film imperfections, with a brief glimpse of a lamp and a woman with dark hair in the background. The scene conveys a shy, intimate moment from a personal family archive, evoking 1960s Americana nostalgia.

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: 124563584

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: Salton Sea, 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: Useful for 1960s California home-movie requests needing an intimate indoor family moment or shy subject reaction for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The plaid short-sleeve shirt, domestic lamp, and color 8mm interior may show early 1960s casual home life, supported by the 1961 reel metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears to look down and turn away from the camera, giving the clip an unstaged feeling of camera shyness inside a private room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green plaid shirt, dim interior walls, a table lamp, a seated dark-haired woman, film frame edges, dust specks, and uneven exposure.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, color fading, gate edges, handheld framing, and exposure variation across the contact-sheet frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, reaction cutaway, domestic transition, or memory beat suggesting camera awareness and family intimacy.
Historical context: The clip offers a small social glimpse of private indoor leisure rather than a public Salton Sea landmark or documented event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to checking copyright or source-license status.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1961 8mm home movie, Salton Sea California family interior, shy man avoiding camera, or vintage domestic room footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Salton Sea material, then broader 1960s home interiors or camera-shy family moments.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm home-movie frame from Salton Sea, California showing a man in a green plaid shirt in a dim private interior. — A man in a green plaid shirt stands close to the camera in a dim interior.

1961 Salton Sea home-movie frame with a man in a green plaid shirt partly turned from the camera inside a dim room. — The man turns aside, with his face obscured by motion and framing.

Soft 8mm frame from the 1961 Salton Sea home movie showing a pale interior surface with dust, grain, and exposure variation. — A pale interior surface fills the frame between glimpses of people.

1961 Salton Sea home-movie frame showing a dark-haired woman seated near a domestic lamp in a private interior. — A seated dark-haired woman appears beside a lamp in the dim room.

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