Harrisburg Penn-1946: Vintage Rugby Match With Large Crowd On Grass Field

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Harrisburg Penn

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Vintage Rugby Match With Large Crowd On Grass Field — Clip Details

HARRISBURG PENN-1946: A grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie captures a vintage rugby match in progress. Players in light and dark uniforms move across a grassy field marked with numbered yard lines, while a large crowd fills the bleachers in the background. The footage, shot from a fixed position, shows the game's intensity with players running and tackling under bright daylight. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, lens vignetting, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1940s sports atmosphere. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125874622

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: 1946 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: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 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 1940s sports, school, college, or community recreation requests needing brief archival home-movie footage of a field match with spectators.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-1940s outdoor rugby or football-style match, with numbered field markers, simple uniforms, packed bleachers, and daylight crowd viewing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the spectator-level home-movie view, where the camera watches play unfold from a fixed distance rather than staging action for publicity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include players in light and dark uniforms, a grass field, numbered markers, sideline spectators, crowded bleachers, trees, and institutional-looking buildings.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has heavy grain, soft focus, vignetting, uneven exposure, and motion blur that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, sports-history cutaway, community memory beat, or transitional glimpse of mid-century outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The footage gives social context for organized field sports as a public gathering, with a large crowd watching from bleachers and sidelines.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and event identification should be reviewed separately from copyright or stock-footage licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm sports footage, Harrisburg Pennsylvania field match, vintage rugby crowd, and black-and-white home movie athletics.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Harrisburg 1946 material, then broader 1940s American sports or crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1946 home-movie frame showing a distant field match, sideline crowd, bleachers, and soft 8mm blur. — Players move across a marked grass field as a large crowd watches from the far side.

Wide 1946 Harrisburg sports frame with players on a grass field, numbered markers, sideline spectators, and crowded bleachers. — A wide home-movie view holds on the field as play continues before a packed spectator area.

1946 Harrisburg frame showing two athletes in motion on a grass field, with a crowd and bleachers beyond the sideline. — Two athletes move through the foreground while the sideline crowd follows the match.

Harrisburg 1946 home-movie frame of a player crossing the grass field as spectators fill the far bleachers. — A single player crosses the marked field in front of a dense spectator section.

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