Izmir Turkey-1962: A Group Of Working Class Men Watching A Cock Fight

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIzmir, Turkey
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Izmir Turkey

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A Group Of Working Class Men Watching A Cock Fight — Clip Details

IZMIR TURKEY-1962: A group of working-class men gather in a dirt enclosure to watch a cockfight. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the tense atmosphere as two roosters engage in combat while spectators, many in coats and hats, observe intently. The scene reflects a traditional form of working-class recreation in 1960s Turkey, with the grainy, color-bleached quality of the vintage home movie adding to its historical authenticity. The men's expressions range from focused to animated, capturing a moment of communal gambling and entertainment from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 126985669

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 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: Izmir, Turkey 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Turkey archive requests needing brief social-recreation footage of men gathered around an informal animal fight for documentary or education use.
Period detail: The men's coats, caps, suits, and the color 8mm home-movie look support the supplied 1962 Izmir setting without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from within or just behind the crowd, preserving an unstaged spectator view of men focused on the roosters in a dirt enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a circle of adult men, two roosters, dirt ground, dark coats, caps, a blue raincoat, and cropped spectators near the frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that give it a tactile home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, social-history cutaway, or memory beat showing informal male recreation and crowd attention in early-1960s Turkey.
Historical context: The footage shows a public or semi-public gathering around a cockfight, suggesting a communal leisure scene while requiring care around animal harm context.
Research note: People and faces are visible, animal fighting is sensitive, and likeness or location permissions are separate from any copyright status of the film scan.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Izmir 8mm footage, Turkey cockfight home movie, working-class men watching roosters, or 1960s animal-fighting crowd scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel material, then other Izmir or Turkey 1962 footage, then broader 1960s crowd, gambling, animal, or working-class recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Izmir, adult men in coats and caps watch two roosters on dirt ground during a cockfight scene. — Spectators gather closely around roosters in a dirt enclosure.

In the Izmir cockfight footage, a man bends toward one rooster while adult male spectators stand around the dirt enclosure. — A handler-like figure reaches toward a rooster as the crowd looks on.

Adult men in coats and work clothes watch roosters in the dirt during the supplied 1962 Izmir home-movie scene. — Men in coats and caps keep their attention on the roosters at ground level.

A closer 8mm frame shows a rooster on dirt ground beside the legs of male spectators in the Izmir cockfight scene. — A rooster stands near spectators' legs in a tighter view of the enclosure.

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