Alabama-1958: Palm Tree Lined Racetrack On Beautiful Sunny Day Surrounds Like

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationAlabama, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Alabama

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Palm Tree Lined Racetrack On Beautiful Sunny Day... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched racetrack in Alabama, lined with tall palm trees and a calm lake. A person in a pink shirt walks along the track's edge, while the camera pans across the scenic, tropical landscape. The footage features classic 1950s color saturation, film grain, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of leisure and recreation in the Deep South.

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: 125504648

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Alabama, 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: 1950s color home-movie footage for productions needing a brief racetrack, leisure, or Deep South recreation cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm color, palm-lined track area, low guardrails, and casual clothing may show mid-century recreational surroundings in Alabama.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor's vantage point, panning past the track, water, palms, and a distant person without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a racetrack rail, palm trees, water or lake areas, grass infield, paved edge, dark frame borders, and one person in pink.
Film character: The clip has saturated 1950s color, soft focus, handheld movement, visible grain, and exposure shifts consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a sunny establishing insert, regional recreation cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure and sport-adjacent space in a warm, palm-lined Southern setting without identifying a specific venue.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Alabama racetrack home movie, 8mm palm-lined track, vintage Southern recreation footage, and 1950s lake racetrack cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Alabama footage, then broader 1950s recreation, racetrack, palm, or lakeside scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Alabama 8mm frame showing a palm-lined racetrack, water beyond the rail, and a distant person in pink at the track edge. — Palm trees and water border a racetrack as a distant person in pink stands near the rail.

1958 Alabama 8mm frame looking across a racetrack rail and water toward a line of palms in bright daylight. — A broad view across the track and water shows palm trees along the far side.

1958 Alabama 8mm frame with palm trees, grass, water, and racetrack rail passing through a soft handheld pan. — The camera pans past palms, grass, water, and a low rail at the racetrack.

1958 Alabama 8mm frame showing palms, water, grass, and a racetrack rail in a sunny home-movie view. — Palm trees stand beyond the racetrack rail, with water and grass visible in the foreground.

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