Idaho-1955: Hitting Ball In Park With Classic Car

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Hitting Ball In Park With Classic Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a young boy playing in a sun-dappled park in Idaho. The scene unfolds through a natural frame, with lush green trees and a classic 1950s sedan parked nearby. The boy, wearing casual clothes, moves across the grassy field, appearing to hit a ball during a game of catch. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color saturation, and slight blur of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment of mid-century American childhood recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127546827

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 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: Idaho, 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

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: Useful for 1950s Idaho home-movie requests needing a brief park recreation shot with a person playing ball near a period car.
Period detail: The parked rounded sedan, open lawn, mature trees, and color 8mm look support a mid-1950s recreational setting, though the exact car model is not identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the camera watches a lone person move across grass during a casual ball-hitting moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy park, large shade trees, a person with a bat or stick-like object, a pinkish 1950s car, roadway, deep shadows, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, gate edges, uneven exposure, and motion blur that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for mid-century leisure, family recreation, or small-town park life.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor recreation in a landscaped American park, with a period automobile giving visual context without confirming a specific event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no readable brands, logos, or private interiors are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Idaho 8mm park footage, 1950s home movie baseball practice, vintage recreation with classic car, and mid-century lawn play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Idaho 1955 material, then with other 1950s park, family recreation, or classic-car home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing a person on a grassy park lawn, large trees, and a mid-century sedan along the road. — A person stands in a tree-shaded park while a period car is parked in the background.

1955 Idaho home-movie frame with a person moving across a green park lawn near mature trees and a parked 1950s car. — The figure moves across the lawn as the parked car remains visible beyond the trees.

Motion-blurred 8mm frame from the Idaho park scene, with grass, trees, and a period car visible through camera movement. — Camera motion blurs the lawn, trees, and parked car during the brief park activity shot.

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing a blurred figure on grass, framed by shade trees with a mid-century sedan in the background. — The figure appears blurred by motion as the park and period car stay in view.

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