Los Angeles California-1967: Man In Martial Arts Outfit With Black Belt Training

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Los Angeles California

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Man In Martial Arts Outfit With Black Belt Training — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a martial artist in a white gi with a black belt preparing for practice in a dimly lit dojo. A man in a dark suit stands nearby, observing. The grainy, blue-tinted footage shows the martial artist adjusting his belt and moving across the mat, with a PBR crate and shelving visible in the background. The scene evokes a sense of disciplined training and mid-century American martial arts culture.

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: 127024388

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: 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 1251 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: california,oregon
Date: 1967 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: Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles archive requests needing home-movie footage of martial arts practice, dojo interiors, or recreational training for documentary inserts.
Period detail: The white gi, black belt, dim practice room, and visible PBR crate may show a mid-1960s recreational martial arts setting in Los Angeles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the martial artist adjusting his belt and moving casually while a suited man observes from inside the room.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white gi, black belt, suited observer, wall shelving, mat-like floor, doorway or wall panels, and a PBR crate.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, blue-leaning exposure, visible grain, light flicker, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for martial arts, exercise, immigrant-era recreation, or Los Angeles leisure scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for martial arts practice entering everyday American recreational spaces without proving a school, instructor, or event identity.
Research note: Faces and a visible beer brand require review for likeness, trademark, and editorial versus commercial use; copyright status is separate from those clearances.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 Los Angeles 8mm martial arts training, man in white gi black belt, vintage dojo home movie, and suited observer in practice room.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel dojo footage, then other 1967 Los Angeles home movies, then broader 1960s sports, exercise, and martial arts material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a man in a white gi and black belt with a suited observer in a dim practice room. — A martial artist adjusts his belt as a suited observer stands near shelving and a PBR crate.

1967 Los Angeles frame with a soft, blurred view of a martial artist in a white gi near an interior wall or doorway. — The martial artist moves through a dim interior, rendered with soft focus and grain.

1967 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a man in a white gi and black belt facing the camera in a sparse practice room. — A martial artist faces the camera on the practice-room floor, with the background falling into shadow.

1967 Los Angeles frame showing a martial artist in a white gi and black belt walking across a dim practice-room floor. — The martial artist walks across the open floor of the practice room in soft 8mm light.

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