Ithaca New York-1979: Marching Band Plays Show On The Football Field Before The Game

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

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Marching Band Plays Show On The Football Field Before... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1979 captures a marching band in red and white uniforms performing a formation on a football field in Ithaca, New York. The band arranges into a large letter or number, likely a school logo, while spectators watch from the stands. The footage transitions to players in red and white uniforms running onto the field, suggesting the start of a game. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, archival quality typical of home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125225461

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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

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 1970s U.S. school sports, marching band, and small-stadium football sequences in documentaries, education projects, or period editorial inserts.
Period detail: The red-and-white uniforms, artificial turf markings, packed bleachers, and 8mm color stock support a late-1970s high school or college football setting in Ithaca, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated spectator viewpoint gives the clip unstaged home-movie value, observing the band formation and players entering the field from the stands.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marching band in red uniforms, white sousaphones, football yard lines, stadium seating, spectators, sideline staff, and players in red and white uniforms.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-print edge density that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, halftime or pregame cutaway, transition into football action, or memory beat for school spirit.
Historical context: The scene shows organized marching-band performance and football game ritual as public school or campus recreation, without identifying a specific team or event from the frames alone.
Research note: People and audible music are present, so likeness, performance, and music rights should be reviewed separately from any footage copyright license.
Research search match: Search phrases this clip may match include 1979 8mm Ithaca football field, vintage marching band formation, 1970s school football game, and home movie stadium crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ithaca 1979 football or school footage, then broader 1970s marching band and amateur sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Ithaca, New York 8mm frame showing a red-uniformed marching band in formation on a football field before a game. — Marching band performs a field formation as spectators watch from the stands.

Red-and-white marching band continues a formation on the Ithaca football field, filmed from an elevated spectator position in 1979. — Band formation fills the field near the yard lines during pregame activity.

8mm home-movie view of a marching band in red uniforms shifting formation on a football field in Ithaca, New York in 1979. — Band members hold formation across the field with the stadium crowd beyond the sideline.

Players in red and white uniforms run onto the football field in Ithaca, New York after the marching band segment, circa 1979. — Football players enter the field as spectators and sideline figures watch.

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