Indianapolis USA-1964: Yellow Race Car Taking Turn On Track

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationIndianapolis, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Yellow Race Car Taking Turn On Track — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures a yellow race car navigating a sharp turn on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The car, likely a Formula-style racer, speeds through the corner under bright daylight, its motion slightly blurred. The track features a white curbed edge and a grassy infield with visible mowing patterns. A chain-link fence and distant grandstands line the circuit, all rendered with the warm color palette and grainy texture characteristic of Super 8 home movies. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-1960s motorsport.

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: 125499751

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: 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 1032 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: ohio, philadephia,indianapolis
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: ohio, philadephia,indianapolis
Date: 1964 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: Indianapolis, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Indianapolis motorsport footage for editors needing a brief archival insert of a yellow open-wheel race car taking a bend on a paved track.
Period detail: The open-wheel car, film color, track fencing, curbed edge, and metadata-supported 1964 Indianapolis setting place the scene in a mid-1960s racing environment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of spectator-shot home-movie coverage, watching a single race car pass through the corner from a fixed trackside vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow open-wheel race car, dark asphalt turn, pale curbing, grass infield, chain-link fencing, distant stands, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, motion blur, and contact-sheet frame edges that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short motorsport cutaway, period racing insert, transition beat, or visual punctuation within a 1960s transportation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century auto racing as seen from the spectator side of the circuit, emphasizing track geometry and speed rather than pit or crowd detail.
Research note: A driver is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are readable, but copyright and any event or venue permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 Indianapolis 8mm race car, 1960s yellow open-wheel racer, home movie speedway turn, and vintage motorsport track footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1964 Indianapolis track footage, then broader 1960s auto racing and transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Indianapolis 8mm frame showing a yellow open-wheel race car entering a broad paved turn with grass infield and distant fencing. — Yellow race car enters the bend on the speedway track.

1964 Indianapolis home-movie frame with a yellow open-wheel car rounding a smooth track curve near pale curbing and grass. — The yellow car moves through the turn near the track edge.

1964 Indianapolis 8mm frame showing the yellow race car farther through the bend, with grass infield and dark track surface prominent. — The car continues around the curve, partly softened by motion and distance.

1964 Indianapolis 8mm frame showing the yellow open-wheel car small in the distance as it exits a bright track curve beside grass. — The yellow car recedes through the sunlit curve.

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