Florida USA-1962: People Watching Horses Race at Sunshine Park Racetrack

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Florida

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People Watching Horses Race at Sunshine Park Racetrack — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures the starting gates at Sunshine Park racetrack in Florida. The clip shows the numbered starting stalls on a dirt track, followed by a crowd of spectators in period attire watching the event. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana atmosphere. This archival home movie offers authentic period footage of a horse racing event, ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or retro-themed projects.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 126997472

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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: Yes
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 1332 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1962 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: Supports requests for early-1960s Florida leisure, horse racing spectators, and home-movie inserts for documentary or period recreation edits.
Period detail: The spectators' coats, hats, and casual dress, along with the numbered racetrack starting gate, may show a 1960s public sporting outing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, moving from the starting gate to people gathered along the rail watching the race activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include numbered starting stalls, a dirt track, white railings, spectators in period clothing, trees beyond the course, and handheld film borders.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries soft focus, warm color fading, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, spectator cutaway, sports transition, or memory beat for mid-century recreation.
Historical context: The footage documents a public racetrack setting where spectators gather close to the rail, reflecting a casual social sports scene in Florida.
Research note: People and a racetrack name/signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Florida horse racing, Sunshine Park racetrack home movie, spectators at racecourse, and 8mm sports crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Florida 1962 leisure footage, then broader horse racing, spectator, and mid-century recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Florida home-movie frame showing numbered starting stalls at Sunshine Park racetrack beside a dirt course. — Starting stalls line the track under a Sunshine Park sign.

Numbered starting stalls at Sunshine Park racetrack in Florida, filmed from a spectator-side home-movie angle. — The camera holds on the racetrack starting gate and rail.

Spectators in 1960s attire gather by the rail at a Florida racetrack during a horse racing event. — Spectators stand along the rail watching the track.

Crowd members watch from the rail at Sunshine Park racetrack, with the starting gate partly visible at frame right. — The crowd faces the racetrack as the gate remains partly in view.

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