West Covina California-1966: Two Men In A Karate Fight While Judges And The

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationWest Covina, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 West Covina California

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Two Men In A Karate Fight While Judges And The — Clip Details

Two men in white karate gi compete in a judo match at a 1966 tournament in West Covina, California. One competitor wears a black belt, the other a red belt, as they grapple on a green mat before one executes a powerful throw, flipping his opponent through the air. Judges in suits observe from a table behind a white cloth, while a crowd watches from the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic vintage motion, capturing a moment of athletic intensity and sportsmanship from the mid-1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127023481

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 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: West Covina, 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: Useful for 1960s sports, martial arts, recreation, or Southern California community-event edits needing authentic amateur 8mm tournament footage.
Period detail: The white gi, colored belts, suited judges, crowded seating, and home-movie framing support a mid-1960s indoor martial arts tournament setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a spectator-shot view of competitors grappling while judges and the audience react from the edge of the mat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two gi-clad competitors, colored belts, a green mat, suited officials, a long judging table, seated spectators, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge darkness that give it physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, sports-history cutaway, tournament transition, or memory beat within a sequence on martial arts practice.
Historical context: The scene shows organized martial arts competition in a public indoor venue, with formal judging and an audience visible behind the mat.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment of the scanned footage.
Research search match: Searches this may fit include 1966 West Covina martial arts tournament, 1960s judo or karate match, amateur 8mm sports footage, and judges at competition.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then West Covina or 1966 community events, then broader 1960s martial arts and amateur sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

At a 1966 West Covina tournament, two men in white gi and colored belts begin grappling on a green mat as spectators watch. — Two competitors square up and grip each other at the start of the match.

The competitors bend forward in close contact on the mat, with suited officials and spectators visible behind them in West Covina. — The match moves into a bent-over grapple in front of the judges' table.

One martial arts competitor appears grounded on the green mat while the other stays above him, with officials and spectators watching. — A takedown or groundwork moment unfolds near the edge of the competition mat.

A man in a dark suit crosses the foreground, partially blocking the view as a competitor in a white gi gets up on the mat. — An official passes in front of the camera during the end of the exchange.

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