San Gabriel California-1966: Karate Tournament Competitor Bowing and Shaking Hands

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSan Gabriel, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 San Gabriel California

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Karate Tournament Competitor Bowing and Shaking Hands — Clip Details

A young male karate competitor in a white gi and red belt performs a formal bow and handshake at a tournament in San Gabriel, California, 1966. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the athlete's focused expression and the crowd of spectators and judges seated behind a table. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a strong sense of 1960s nostalgia and authentic martial arts competition.

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: 127019083

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

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: San Gabriel, California, 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: This 1966 8mm clip supports archive requests for mid-1960s Southern California martial arts recreation, tournament etiquette, and nonprofessional sports coverage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The white gi uniforms, colored belts, seated judges, and crowded indoor competition setting may show organized martial arts practice in a 1960s community sports environment.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal spectator-shot view of competitors bowing, shaking hands, adjusting a belt, and moving through brief ritual gestures without staged performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include karate competitors in white gi, red and dark belts, a handshake, a bowing posture, judges behind a table, seated spectators, an indoor mat area, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has a grainy 8mm texture with muted color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that situates the moment as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for sportsmanship, martial arts history, 1960s youth recreation, or community tournament atmosphere.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a formalized competition setting where participants and officials observe martial arts etiquette in front of a public audience.
Research note: People and identifiable faces are visible, so likeness and event-context review may be needed in addition to any separate copyright assessment of the film scan and source material.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1960s 8mm karate tournament, San Gabriel California martial arts competition, competitor bow and handshake, and home movie sports spectators.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel tournament shots, then other San Gabriel 1966 recreation footage, and then broader 1960s martial arts, youth sports, or community competition material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Competitor stands before the crowd.

Two karate competitors in white gi shake hands during the San Gabriel tournament, with spectators and officials seated in the background. — Competitors shake hands on the mat.

A young male karate competitor adjusts his belt or gi in a close home-movie view, with the tournament crowd blurred behind him. — Competitor adjusts his belt.

A karate competitor in a white gi and red belt lowers his head near the judges' table during the 1966 San Gabriel tournament, with spectators filling the background. — Competitor lowers his head near officials.

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