Indiana-1959: Four Adults Playing Badminton on a Grass Lawn

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIndiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Indiana

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Four Adults Playing Badminton on a Grass Lawn — Clip Details

INDIANA-1959: Four adults play badminton on a grassy lawn, viewed through a dark frame suggesting a home movie perspective. A shirtless man in white pants and a blue cap serves, while others in casual summer attire—shorts and t-shirts—engage in the game. The scene unfolds on a sunny day with a chain-link fence and trees in the background, captured on 8mm film with natural grain and slight color fading. The footage conveys a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere of mid-century American recreation.

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: 125512341

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: 1959 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: Indiana, 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 1950s American home-movie requests needing casual adult backyard recreation, lawn games, or summer leisure in Indiana.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, lawn setting, simple badminton net, and casual summer dress may show late-1950s domestic recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The players move casually around the lawn, suggesting an informal family or social game filmed from a home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four adult players, badminton rackets, a net, shuttlecock play, grass lawn, chain-link fence, trees, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and uneven frame edges give the scanned 8mm footage a clear physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, recreation cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, family gatherings, or amateur sports.
Historical context: The clip shows adults using a residential-style outdoor lawn for informal badminton, reflecting casual social recreation rather than organized competition.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, and copyright is separate from privacy or publicity checks.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Indiana 8mm home movie badminton, 1950s backyard lawn game, adults playing badminton, or vintage summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Indiana 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s outdoor recreation or lawn-game scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Indiana 1959 home-movie frame showing four adults on a grass lawn during an informal badminton game. — Four adults stand around a badminton net during a casual lawn game.

Indiana 1959 8mm frame with adult badminton players on a lawn, including a shirtless man in white pants near the net. — Players shift positions around the net during the backyard badminton game.

Indiana 1959 home-movie frame of adults playing badminton on a grassy lawn beside a chain-link fence. — A player with a racket turns on the lawn as others remain near the net.

Indiana 1959 8mm frame showing adults in casual summer clothing playing badminton outdoors. — The informal badminton game continues across the lawn in soft 8mm color.

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