Ohio USA-1969: High School Football Game at Night

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

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High School Football Game at Night — Clip Details

OHIO USA-1969: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a high school football game under night lights, bathed in a striking blue tint. Players in white and dark uniforms with numbers like 72, 64, and 84 huddle on the grass field, while a referee in a striped shirt makes a call. The grainy, low-light footage shows the intensity of a live game, with players in helmets and coaches on the sidelines, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 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: 125579464

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing late-1960s Ohio home-movie footage of American high school football under night lights.
Period detail: The helmets, padded uniforms, sideline jackets, and 8mm color cast may show a 1969 amateur recording of organized school football in Ohio.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the sideline or stands as players gather near the boundary and a referee signals during an active play.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include helmeted football players, numbered white jerseys, dark opposing uniforms, a striped referee, sideline figures, grass field, and heavy blue tint.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, low-light exposure, strong blue color shift, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief sports-history insert, sideline cutaway, transition, or memory beat for 1960s school athletics.
Historical context: The footage shows community football as a nighttime spectator and player activity, with sideline movement and officiating visible but no identifiable venue shown.
Research note: People and possible faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from appearance clearance.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Ohio football home movie, 8mm high school football game, referee out of bounds call, or vintage night sports footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ohio 1969 footage, then broader 1960s amateur football or school sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Ohio 8mm footage shows helmeted football players closing in near the sideline during a nighttime game. — Players collide or gather near the sideline during the football play.

Blue-tinted 1969 Ohio football footage shows a striped referee making a call beside players in white helmets. — The referee gestures as players and sideline figures look on.

1969 Ohio home-movie footage shows football players near the sideline with a foreground spectator partly blocking the view. — A spectator's head crosses the frame while the sideline remains visible.

Blue-shifted 1969 Ohio 8mm footage shows helmeted players in numbered white jerseys waiting along the football sideline. — Players with numbers including 64, 80, and 19 cluster on the sideline.

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