Harrisburg Penn-1946: High School Football Game With Tackle And Crowd

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

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High School Football Game With Tackle And Crowd — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a high school football game in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Players in light and dark uniforms clash on a grass field under bright daylight, with a packed stadium crowd visible in the background. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a live play with players engaged in a tackle near the center of the field, while spectators and sideline personnel watch from the sidelines. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics, including natural film grain and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century American sports culture.

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: 125875138

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 documentary or educational edits needing authentic home-movie coverage of American high school football and stadium spectators.
Period detail: The light and dark football uniforms, open grass field, packed bleachers, and black-and-white 8mm look support a mid-1940s school sports setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an amateur spectator viewpoint, watching live play from the stands as players converge and sideline figures follow the action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players, yard lines, a grass field, sideline observers, stadium seating, a large crowd, trees, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip shows pronounced film grain, soft focus, exposure variation, motion blur, and contact-sheet frame borders typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief sports insert, period transition, crowd cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century school athletics.
Historical context: The scene reflects community attendance at a school football game, with spectators filling bleachers while uniformed teams play on an outdoor field.
Research note: People and faces are visible but not individually identifiable in these frames, so likeness review may still be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s high school football footage, Harrisburg Pennsylvania home movie, vintage 8mm sports crowd, and American school game.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Harrisburg 1946 material, then broader 1940s school sports or football crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Harrisburg football game scene with players converging near midfield, sideline figures below, and a large crowd in the background. — Players close in around a tackle while spectators watch from packed bleachers.

A 1946 Harrisburg high school football play continues as players gather around the ball with bleachers and spectators beyond the field. — The play bunches near the center of the field as the crowd looks on.

Players reset or move downfield during the 1946 Harrisburg football game, seen from a distant home-movie viewpoint over the field. — Players are spaced across the field with spectators filling the stands behind them.

The football game continues in Harrisburg in 1946, with players moving across the marked field and a large spectator crowd behind them. — A wider game moment shows players in motion before the crowded stands.

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