Tokyo Japan-1971: Two Men Practicing Judo On Tatami Mat

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationTokyo, Japan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Tokyo Japan

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Two Men Practicing Judo On Tatami Mat — Clip Details

TOKYO JAPAN-1971: Two men in white judo gis practice martial arts on a tatami mat. One man executes a throw, sending his partner to the ground, while the other stands observing. The scene captures a moment of focused training, with the men rising and walking across the mat. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features grainy black-and-white imagery and a vintage home movie aesthetic, evoking a sense of historical authenticity and disciplined practice.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127392178

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

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 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.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Japan archive requests needing brief martial arts training, judo practice, or physical education footage for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, simple tatami practice space, and white judo uniforms support the stated 1971 Tokyo home-movie context without visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, following two adult practitioners as they reset after a throw and walk across the mat between movements.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in white judo gis, belt ties, a tatami mat floor, a plain wall, a completed throw, kneeling recovery, and walking across the practice area.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, high contrast, edge falloff, and slight frame instability give the footage a scanned 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, training cutaway, transition beat, or period memory detail in a sequence about judo, Tokyo, or martial arts practice.
Historical context: The scene shows adult men practicing judo in a restrained indoor training setting, offering visual context for everyday martial arts instruction in early 1970s Japan.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be partly identifiable, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to separate copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1971 Tokyo judo practice, 8mm Japan martial arts training, vintage tatami dojo footage, and two men in judo gis.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Tokyo 1971 material, then with broader Japan martial arts, sports training, or indoor practice scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the stated 1971 Tokyo footage, one man sits on the tatami after a judo movement while another stands nearby in a white gi. — A judo practitioner sits on the mat while his partner stands over the training space.

A kneeling judo practitioner begins to rise on the mat as another man in a white gi stands nearby in the Tokyo training footage. — One practitioner kneels after the throw as the other waits on the mat.

Two adult judo practitioners in white gis walk across a plain tatami practice area in the stated 1971 Tokyo home-movie clip. — The pair walk across the training mat between practice movements.

The clip ends with two men in judo uniforms moving apart across the tatami, framed in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage. — Two practitioners separate across the mat as the training sequence resets.

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