United States-1958: Figure in White Runs After the Play at an Amateur Football Game

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1958–1959 · United States · Reel 25cbeb90 contains 4 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

amateur sport
American football
community gathering
mid-century leisure
spectators
motion and play
home movie memory

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Grass football field with spectators along the far side and a dark tree line behind
Time and weather: daytime · autumn · overcast
Lighting: Flat overcast daylight
People: 20 · A figure in a pale shirt and white pants seen from behind, football players in dark jerseys with orange helmets and in white jerseys with gold pants, and a blurred line of spectators; no faces are distinguishable.
Objects: football helmets · football uniforms · white banner or structure
Colors: dark green · white · orange · deep purple · gold
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A figure in white runs away from the camera as players in orange helmets and white jerseys collide ahead.
The camera pans left with the runner while a player goes down on the grass.
The white banner leaves the frame and the crowd along the far side comes into view.
The runner and several players continue downfield toward the spectators.

Figure in White Runs After the Play at an Amateur... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958 home movie footage of an amateur football game on a grass field. A figure in white, seen from behind, runs after the play as players in dark jerseys with orange helmets and opponents in white jerseys with gold pants scramble ahead. Spectators line the far side of the field beneath a white banner or structure and a dark tree line. The handheld 8mm camera pans to follow the run, and the image is soft and grainy throughout.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000500

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps with requests for circa 1958 American amateur football shot on colour 8mm, for documentary montages on community sport and mid-century leisure.
Period detail: Orange helmets, dark jerseys and white jerseys with gold pants may show late-1950s amateur uniforms, though no lettering, sign or dated object is readable.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator at field level swings the camera to follow the play, catching the scramble as it happened with no staging.
What appears in frame: A running figure in white seen from behind, players in orange helmets and dark jerseys, opponents in white and gold, a line of spectators, a white banner or structure, dark trees and an overcast sky.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, saturated orange against muted greens and a brief vertical scratch give it the texture of projected regular 8mm.
Edit role: Works as a short action insert or memory beat in a sports or small-town montage, where its softness reads as recollection.
Historical context: It shows a local game watched by a standing crowd at the edge of the field, filmed by an amateur on colour 8mm stock of the kind available to families from 1936.
Research note: No faces, team names or lettering are legible; copyright in the film is separate from any likeness or team identity, the teams are unidentified and the players' ages cannot be determined.
Research search match: 1950s amateur football home movie, vintage 8mm football play, orange helmets football game, spectators at a local game, grainy colour sports film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's woman riding a lawn mower, man shovelling dirt and toddler on a lawn, then with other late-1950s American reels and other amateur sports clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Figure in white runs toward a scramble of football players in orange helmets at an amateur game in the United States, circa 1958, 8mm film. — A figure in white heads toward the play as players in orange helmets and white jerseys collide, with a white banner or structure behind.
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Camera pans with a running figure in white as a player goes down on the grass at an amateur football game, United States, circa 1958. — The camera pans with the runner while a player goes down; a vertical film scratch crosses the frame.
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Players in orange helmets and white jerseys run downfield toward spectators at an amateur football game in the United States, circa 1958. — The play moves downfield toward the spectators standing along the far side of the field.
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Wide view of a figure in white following the play toward the crowd at an amateur football game, United States, circa 1958, soft 8mm colour film. — The runner continues toward the crowd as players spread out across the field.
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