Los Angeles California-1967: Two Black Belt Karate Practitioners Competing

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

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Two Black Belt Karate Practitioners Competing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dynamic karate match in Los Angeles, California. Two practitioners in traditional white gi and black belts engage in close combat on a light-colored mat, demonstrating throws and grappling techniques. The scene unfolds before a seated audience in a dimly lit indoor venue, with a table and onlookers visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm color tones, film grain, and slight motion blur, conveying the authentic feel of a 1960s martial arts demonstration or competition.

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: 127026458

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 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: 1960s 8mm footage of a martial arts match helps documentary, education, and archive editors illustrate karate practice or competition in a public indoor setting.
Period detail: The white gi, black belts, simple mat area, and audience seating may show a 1960s martial arts demonstration or tournament environment in Los Angeles.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the crowd with partial obstructions, preserving the informal spectator viewpoint of someone recording a live match rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two karate practitioners in white gi, black belts, a pale mat, seated and standing spectators, a long table, and dark foreground silhouettes.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, handheld framing, and motion blur that give the brief action the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for martial arts training, 1960s recreation, community events, or vintage sport coverage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents karate practice in front of an audience, offering social context around martial arts instruction or competition without identifying the event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and event-context review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 Los Angeles karate match, 1960s 8mm martial arts footage, black belt sparring, and vintage home movie tournament.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Los Angeles 1967 material, then broader 1960s martial arts, sport, or indoor audience scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing two black belt karate practitioners gripping each other on a mat before an indoor audience. — Two karate practitioners engage at close range while spectators watch from the edge of the mat.

1967 Los Angeles frame with two black belt practitioners in white gi clinching during a karate match in an indoor venue. — The athletes lean into each other during a close grappling exchange near the audience table.

1967 Los Angeles home-movie still of a karate grappling exchange, partly obscured by a spectator or camera-side silhouette. — A foreground silhouette partly blocks the view as the match continues on the mat.

1967 Los Angeles frame showing two karate practitioners moving through a grappling exchange before a dim indoor audience. — The match shifts across the mat as the audience remains visible in the background.

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