Ridgefield New Jersey-1961: A Man Playing Croquet On A Grass Lawn

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationRidgefield, New Jersey, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Ridgefield New Jersey

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A Man Playing Croquet On A Grass Lawn — Clip Details

A man in a dark shirt and light-colored pants plays croquet on a grassy lawn in Ridgefield, New Jersey, in 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures him preparing to strike a white ball with a mallet, his focused stance and swing captured in grainy, blue-tinted footage. The scene evokes a nostalgic, quiet afternoon of leisure, with trees visible in the background and the distinct look of vintage home movie film.

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: 127734926

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

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 1096 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: christmas,lake
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: new jersey
Date: 1961 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: Ridgefield, New Jersey, 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

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 1960s home-movie requests needing a brief recreational sports or backyard leisure insert from Ridgefield, New Jersey.
Period detail: The light trousers, dark short-sleeve shirt, croquet mallet and blue-tinted 8mm texture support an early-1960s suburban leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the camera watches one man concentrate on a casual croquet swing outdoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a croquet mallet, a white ball, lawn grass, wicket-like stakes, distant trees and dark frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows pronounced 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure and contact-sheet framing as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat or transition for domestic recreation, lawn games or quiet leisure in the 1960s.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor recreation in a residential or park-like lawn setting, without enough detail to identify a specific property or event.
Research note: A visible adult face may require likeness review; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location and privacy permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1961 Ridgefield New Jersey croquet, 8mm home movie lawn game, man playing croquet and 1960s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Ridgefield or 1961 New Jersey footage, then broader 1960s lawn-game and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Ridgefield, New Jersey, a man in light pants stands with a croquet mallet near a white ball on grass. — A man pauses on the lawn before playing a croquet shot.

The Ridgefield lawn scene shows the man extending his croquet mallet toward a white ball, with stakes nearby. — The player lines up his croquet mallet beside the ball.

A man in light trousers bends into his croquet stance on a grassy Ridgefield lawn in the 1961 home-movie footage. — The player lowers the mallet into position for the shot.

The man follows through with the croquet mallet on the lawn, with the ball and stakes visible in the frame. — The croquet player completes his swing on the grass.

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