French Lick Indiana-1958: Shirtless Man In Shorts Riding White Horse

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationFrench Lick, Indiana, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 French Lick Indiana

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Shirtless Man In Shorts Riding White Horse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a shirtless man in red plaid shorts riding a white horse through the grounds of the French Lick Springs Hotel in Indiana. The man holds the reins as the horse walks calmly past stone pillars and lush green trees under bright sunlight. In the background, the hotel's classic architecture and a green awning are visible, with a few people strolling nearby. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century leisure and Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127402987

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 2028 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: twenty grand
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: french lick, indiana
Date: 1958 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: French Lick, Indiana, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s leisure, resort travel, horseback riding, and Americana sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage from French Lick, Indiana.
Period detail: The green hotel awning, mid-century car, globe lamps, stone edging, and casual shorts may show a late-1950s resort setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective as the camera tracks a shirtless rider guiding a white horse across hotel grounds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white horse, shirtless man in red shorts, reins and saddle, hotel facade, green awning, trees, lawn, lamps, and pedestrians.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated daylight color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld movement, and contact-print framing that preserve its home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for resort recreation, summer travel, horseback riding, or mid-century vacation life.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor recreation on hotel grounds, with visitors and built landscape visible but no specific event documented in the frames.
Research note: People and a readable hotel awning appear visible, so likeness, location, trademark, and property context should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm French Lick Indiana footage, shirtless man riding white horse, resort horseback riding, and mid-century vacation home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel French Lick scenes, then 1958 Indiana resort footage, then broader 1950s leisure, travel, and horseback riding material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In French Lick, Indiana, a shirtless man rides a white horse near the hotel facade, trees, lawn, and green awning in 1958 home-movie footage. — A shirtless rider on a white horse passes the hotel grounds in bright sunlight.

The rider turns toward the camera while seated on a white horse outside the French Lick Springs Hotel grounds, with pedestrians in the background. — The rider and white horse move near the awning while people walk in the background.

A shirtless man in red shorts rides a saddled white horse across the French Lick hotel grounds, with trees, lamps, and a mid-century car behind. — The white horse pauses or walks as the rider holds the reins near the hotel lawn.

The rider continues past trees and arched hotel architecture on a white horse during the 1958 French Lick, Indiana home-movie scene. — The rider passes across the frame with the hotel grounds and trees behind him.

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