New York-1951: Tennis Court And Patio Furniture In A Grass Lawn

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 New York

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Tennis Court And Patio Furniture In A Grass Lawn — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a quiet outdoor scene in New York. The footage shows a grassy area with a tennis court, a striped patio umbrella, and folding chairs arranged around a small table. A large white structure, possibly a scoreboard or screen, stands on the lawn. The camera pans across the lawn, revealing trees and foliage in the background. The image has the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies, evoking a sense of nostalgic Americana and leisure from the early 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124925887

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1951 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: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York home-movie requests needing quiet leisure, lawn recreation, tennis-club atmosphere, or suburban patio cutaways.
Period detail: The striped umbrella, folding lawn chairs, clipped grass, and simple tennis-court setting may show mid-century outdoor leisure details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie view of an outdoor recreation area, with the camera panning across lawn furniture, trees, and court-side space.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grass lawn, tennis-court surface, white upright structure, striped patio umbrella, folding chairs, small table, trees, and low shrubs.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight handheld drift, and exposure shifts typical of early-1950s amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for recreation, summer leisure, tennis, or domestic outdoor life.
Historical context: The footage places tennis and patio seating within a landscaped lawn setting, suggesting casual private or club recreation without visible participants.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or noted, but copyright and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1951 New York 8mm tennis lawn, vintage patio umbrella and chairs, mid-century recreation footage, and home-movie garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1951 New York outdoor scenes, then with tennis, lawn recreation, or patio leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 New York home-movie frame showing a grass lawn, pale tennis-court area, trees, shrubs, and bright outdoor light. — A quiet lawn and tennis-court edge appear beyond trees and shrubs.

1951 New York outdoor frame with a large white upright structure on the grass, trees, shrubs, and a nearby angled frame. — A white upright structure stands on the lawn near foliage and a slanted frame.

Soft 8mm frame from 1951 New York showing dense low shrubs, grass, and shaded trees around the lawn area. — The camera passes over dense shrubs and a shaded edge of the lawn.

1951 New York home-movie frame showing a striped patio umbrella, folding chairs, a small table, and lawn furniture in shade. — A striped umbrella shades folding chairs and a small table on the grass.

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