Ohio USA-1969: Football Game Under Night Lights

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationOhio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Ohio

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Football Game Under Night Lights — Clip Details

OHIO USA-1969: A high school football game unfolds under the blue-tinted glow of night lights, captured on 8mm film. Players in white and dark uniforms clash on the field, with a tackle occurring near the center of the frame. The scoreboard shows the home team leading 13-0 in the second quarter with 5:53 remaining. Spectators watch from the sidelines, their silhouettes visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color distortion of vintage Super 8 home movies, offering authentic archival footage of 1960s American sports culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125579400

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 1011 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: ohio
Date: 1969 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: Ohio, 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 Ohio high school football footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about American school sports and community recreation.
Period detail: The scoreboard, helmets, uniforms, sideline spectators, and blue night-game exposure support a late-1960s school football setting in Ohio.
Home-movie behavior: The clip keeps a spectator-level home-movie view as plays develop, with fans and helmets in the foreground reinforcing an unstaged sideline perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a football field, white and dark uniforms, helmeted players, a scoreboard, sideline spectators, trees, and school buildings in the background.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense grain, strong blue color shift, low-light softness, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief sports insert, community-life cutaway, school-memory beat, or transition within a sequence on 1960s youth athletics.
Historical context: The footage shows a local high school football game as a social gathering, with spectators close to the field and the scoreboard tracking game time and score.
Research note: People and possible faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Ohio high school football, 8mm night football game, vintage school sports footage, and sideline home movie football.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Ohio 1969 school or community scenes, then broader 1960s American football and youth sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Ohio high school football players line up at night, with a scoreboard and sideline spectators in a blue-tinted 8mm frame. — Players set for a play as the scoreboard shows home leading 13-0.

Ohio high school football players converge near the line of scrimmage during a 1969 night game, with the scoreboard behind them. — The play begins with both teams closing in near midfield.

A tackle develops during the Ohio high school football game, with helmeted players clustered under the blue cast of 8mm night footage. — Players clash and fall as the tackle forms in front of the scoreboard.

Players regroup after a 1969 Ohio high school football play, with a scoreboard, sideline spectators, and school grounds visible in the frame. — The play ends as players stand and move back from the tackle area.

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