Washington-1939: Vintage 8mm Football Game With Players And Spectators

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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Vintage 8mm Football Game With Players And Spectators — Clip Details

Washington 1939: A grainy 8mm home movie captures a lively American football game on a dusty field. Young men in vintage athletic uniforms play intensely, with players running, tackling, and chasing the ball under a bright sky. Spectators gather behind a fence, watching from the sidelines as classic 1930s automobiles line the background. The footage shows natural motion blur and film grain, preserving the authentic feel of a community sporting event from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American life and recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127736869

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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 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: Washington, 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: Supports archive requests for late-1930s American community sports, school athletics, recreation, or everyday life inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The open field, unpadded football play, sideline crowd, fence line, and older automobiles may show small-scale American football culture in Washington around 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from near the sideline as players run, tackle, and scatter dust while spectators watch informally from behind the field boundary.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players, a dusty playing field, spectators, parked automobiles, a low fence, open sky, distant structures, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm footage has strong grain, soft focus, gate edges, motion blur, and uneven exposure that give the brief sports scene clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short period insert, recreation cutaway, community-life transition, or memory beat for American sport before modern stadium settings.
Historical context: The scene suggests organized local football or informal athletic competition watched by a gathered crowd, without enough evidence to identify a specific team or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from copyright assessment; no readable logos or brands are evident in the frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s 8mm football game, Washington home movie sports, vintage American football spectators, and dusty field recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Washington 1939 material, then broader 1930s American sports, spectators, and community recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Washington 1939 home-movie frame showing football players in motion on an open field with spectators beyond the sideline. — Players chase the ball across a dusty field as onlookers stand behind the play.

Washington 1939 frame of a football play breaking into a tackle, with dust, parked automobiles, and a crowd along the far sideline. — A tackle unfolds in front of spectators and parked cars at the edge of the field.

Washington 1939 8mm frame showing players clustered during a football play on a dusty field, with a sideline crowd and older cars behind them. — Players cluster around the play while a sideline crowd watches from behind the field.

Washington 1939 frame with motion-blurred football players near the camera, a crowd, parked automobiles, and field structures beyond. — Players rush past the camera, leaving the sideline crowd and cars soft in the background.

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