Indiana-1959: Two Men Playing Croquet On Grassy Lawn

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

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Two Men Playing Croquet On Grassy Lawn — Clip Details

INDIANA-1959: Two men play a casual game of croquet on a sun-drenched grassy lawn, surrounded by lush green hedges and trees. One man wears a light-colored shirt and white pants, while the other is shirtless in white shorts and sunglasses, both holding croquet mallets. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere of a summer afternoon in the late 1950s, with natural light and slight film grain enhancing its vintage charm. The men move across the lawn, taking turns to strike the ball, embodying a moment of simple, outdoor 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: 125513535

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American home-movie requests needing casual lawn recreation, croquet, summer leisure, or Midwestern family-life atmosphere.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, lawn setting, and casual croquet play support a late-1950s domestic leisure reading, with Indiana and 1959 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear relaxed and unstaged as they move through a backyard-style croquet game, giving the clip everyday home-movie value rather than formal sports coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, croquet mallets, a grassy lawn, hedges, trees, bright sunlight, white summer clothing, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight exposure bloom in highlights, and contact-sheet frame edges that add physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, summer recreation cutaway, family-memory beat, or transition within a sequence about 1950s leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor recreation in a residential-looking green space, without enough visual evidence to identify the property or participants.
Research note: Adult faces and likenesses are visible, so licensing should distinguish footage copyright from any needed likeness or property review for final use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 Indiana 8mm croquet, 1950s men playing lawn games, vintage home movie summer recreation, and backyard croquet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Indiana 1959 home movies, then broader 1950s lawn games or summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Indiana 1959 home-movie footage, an adult man in light clothing stands with a croquet mallet on a grassy lawn bordered by hedges. — A man waits with a croquet mallet on a sunlit lawn edged by greenery.

An adult man in white pants holds a croquet mallet on a bright grassy lawn, with dense hedges and trees behind him. — The croquet player stands in profile on the lawn during the casual game.

A shirtless adult man in white shorts and sunglasses crosses the grassy Indiana lawn with a croquet mallet in 1959 home-movie footage. — A shirtless player walks across the lawn carrying his croquet mallet.

A shirtless adult man in sunglasses prepares or moves during a croquet turn on a sunny lawn bordered by shrubs and trees. — The shirtless player moves into position with his mallet on the open lawn.

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