Ithaca New York-1979: Opening Ceremonies At The Football Stadium Show A Medium

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationIthaca, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Opening Ceremonies At The Football Stadium Show A Medium — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage footage captures the opening ceremonies at a football stadium in Ithaca, New York. The clip opens with wide views of the stadium's red seats, partially filled with spectators under a cloudy sky. A close-up reveals a vintage scoreboard showing Cornell versus Yale on November 3, 1979, with the game clock at 17:45. The final scene shows a marching band in formation on the green field, preparing for the event. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 home movie characteristics, evoking a nostalgic 1970s Americana atmosphere.

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: 125225444

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: Yes

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: 1979 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: Ithaca, 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: 1970s Ithaca college football stadium footage suited for documentary inserts about campus sports, game-day rituals, and regional spectator culture.
Period detail: Visible clues include a Cornell versus Yale scoreboard dated Nov. 3, a Coca-Cola sign, Trust Bank Ithaca branding, red stadium seating, and a marching band on the field.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching the stadium, scoreboard, and band from the stands rather than staging formal coverage.
What appears in frame: The frames show red bleachers, spectators, cloudy sky, scoreboard, tree line, green football field, marching band formation, and sideline onlookers.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and exposure shifts consistent with amateur physical-film capture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, scoreboard cutaway, campus sports transition, or memory beat before a football-game sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a public college-football setting with spectators and ceremonial band activity, without confirming game outcome or event details beyond the visible scoreboard.
Research note: People and faces are distant but visible, brands appear on the scoreboard signage, and audible music is flagged, so copyright, likeness, and trademark review remain separate concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1979 Ithaca football stadium footage, Cornell Yale scoreboard home movie, 8mm college marching band, and 1970s campus sports ceremony.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Ithaca or 1979 campus scenes, then broader college football, marching band, or stadium crowd material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wide 1979 Ithaca stadium view with red seating, scattered spectators, flags, and a cloudy sky above the stands. — Scattered spectators sit in red stadium bleachers before the ceremony.

1979 Ithaca stadium scoreboard showing Cornell and visitors with Nov. 3 football text and sponsor signs below. — The stadium scoreboard shows Cornell, visitors, game time, and sponsor signage.

A closer scoreboard shot records the game clock and visible sponsor panels.

1979 Ithaca football field view with a marching band in formation, sideline observers, yard markers, and green turf. — A marching band forms on the football field during the opening ceremony.

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