Wheeling Ohio-1957: Playing Table Tennis Is Fun

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWheeling, Ohio, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Wheeling Ohio

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Playing Table Tennis Is Fun — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a lively game of table tennis in a basement. A young woman in a bright red sweater and light-colored skirt plays against a woman in a white blouse, with two others watching. The scene unfolds under a single bare bulb against a cinder block wall, showcasing the grainy, warm color palette and slight motion blur characteristic of Super 8 footage. The casual, joyful atmosphere reflects mid-century American family recreation.

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: 127277575

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wheeling, Ohio, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or education requests for mid-century indoor recreation and informal family leisure.
Period detail: The basement setting, cinder block wall, bare bulb, clothing, and paddle game may show a modest 1950s American home recreation space.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged social play, with players and onlookers gathered closely around a table tennis game in a private interior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a table tennis table, wooden paddles, a red sweater, a white blouse, two dark-clothed onlookers, a cinder block wall, and a bare overhead bulb.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, slight motion blur, and handheld framing that signal original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for family recreation, basement gatherings, or mid-century leisure scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for casual home entertainment before the television-centered recreation room became a common archival shorthand.
Research note: People, faces, a private interior, and private property are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm table tennis, Wheeling Ohio home movie, vintage basement recreation, and mid-century family leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family interiors, then 1957 Wheeling home-movie material, then broader 1950s indoor games and recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Wheeling, Ohio home-movie frame showing four people near a table tennis table in a basement with cinder block walls. — A red-sweatered player faces a table tennis table while two others stand behind the far side.

Basement table tennis scene from the 1957 Wheeling home movie, with a player in red and another figure across the table. — The player in the red sweater turns with a paddle as the game continues under a bare bulb.

1957 Wheeling basement recreation frame with a red-sweatered table tennis player and onlookers in soft 8mm color. — People cluster close to the table as the red-sweatered player prepares for the next exchange.

Wheeling, Ohio 1957 home-movie frame showing an informal basement table tennis game with four visible people. — A table tennis rally draws the group together in the basement recreation space.

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