Tokyo Japan-1971: Black And White Karate Competition With Main Points Title Card

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationTokyo, Japan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Tokyo Japan

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Black And White Karate Competition With Main Points... — Clip Details

TOKYO JAPAN-1971: Two men in white karate gi stand facing each other on a mat in a minimalist dojo, captured in grainy black and white 8mm film. The scene, framed with a soft vignette, suggests a formal demonstration or competition. A title card appears with Japanese text '技の要点' and English 'Main Points,' indicating a focus on technique. The footage exudes a vintage, archival quality, evoking the disciplined atmosphere of 1970s martial arts training.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127390946

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Tokyo, Japan Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
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Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 Tokyo black-and-white 8mm karate footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief martial-arts technique or competition reference.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm texture, plain mat, white gi, and bilingual Japanese-English title card may show a formal early-1970s karate instruction or demonstration setting.
Home-movie behavior: The static framing observes two karate practitioners waiting and facing each other, giving the clip a quiet recorded-demonstration quality rather than a staged commercial scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in white karate gi, a plain mat surface, a minimal dojo-like wall, a bilingual title card, soft vignetting, and high-contrast black-and-white frames.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven edge darkening, and slight exposure falloff that read as physical-film texture from an original reel scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, chapter marker, or cutaway for karate technique, Japanese martial arts, or archival sports instruction sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually places karate practice within a restrained instructional setting, with the title card emphasizing technique rather than crowd spectacle or public competition context.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review, while the visible title text and film scan should be assessed separately for copyright and source-rights questions.
Research search match: Search phrases this clip fits include 1971 Tokyo karate 8mm footage, black-and-white karate demonstration, Japanese martial arts title card, and Main Points technique film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Tokyo 1971 martial-arts footage, then broader 1970s karate training or sports instruction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Tokyo 8mm frame showing two karate practitioners in white gi facing each other across a simple mat. — Two karate practitioners stand at distance on a minimalist mat before a demonstration or exchange.

Bilingual Japanese-English title card reads Main Points, with Japanese text above and an underline between the lines. — A bilingual title card introduces the section as Main Points.

Black-and-white title card showing Japanese characters above the English words Main Points, likely marking an instructional segment. — The Main Points title card appears as an instructional marker.

1971 Tokyo 8mm frame showing two men in karate gi standing opposite each other in a restrained practice space. — Two karate practitioners face one another across the mat in a formal stance.

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