Germany Military Base-1963: Soldiers Playing Pool At Military Base

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Year1963
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Soldiers Playing Pool At Military Base — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures soldiers at a Germany military base enjoying a casual game of pool. A man in a military uniform lines up a shot on the green felt table while others watch, their uniforms and the dimly lit room reflecting the era's authentic atmosphere. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color shifts, and the intimate feel of a personal recording from the early 1960s. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into military recreation during the Cold War, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124872304

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: Yes
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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
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: Supports 1960s military-life research or documentary edits needing off-duty recreation on a Germany military base in archival home-movie form.
Period detail: Uniforms, short hair, pool-table setting, and 8mm color stock may show early-1960s enlisted leisure culture, consistent with the supplied 1963 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged barracks-room feel, with soldiers watching and one man bending over the table to line up a pool shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed men, a green pool table, cue sticks, billiard balls, a blue wall, dim interior lighting, and heavy film-edge shadows.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that signal original small-gauge home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, recreation insert, or memory beat between broader military-base or Cold War-era sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents informal social time among uniformed men in a military interior, without visible combat activity or identifiable public landmark.
Research note: People, possible uniform insignia or name patches, private interior space, and military context require likeness, property, and trademark review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1963 Germany military base home movie, soldiers playing pool, 8mm barracks recreation, and off-duty servicemen footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel military-base interiors, then other Germany 1963 material, then broader 1960s soldiers-at-leisure or barracks recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A uniformed man wearing a dark winter hat faces the camera, with a name patch and soft 8mm grain visible. — Uniformed man looks toward the camera at the start of the clip.

Inside a dim military-base room, a man bends over a green pool table while uniformed men stand nearby. — Soldier lines up a pool shot while others watch in a dim interior.

A green pool table fills the frame with billiard balls and cues visible while uniformed men stand at the edge of the room. — Pool table and watching soldiers seen from a handheld 8mm angle.

The pool-room view continues with uniformed men near the table, dark vignetting, and vivid 8mm color shifts at the frame edge. — Final frame shows the pool table, soldiers, and pronounced small-gauge film texture.

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