United States-1955: Golfer Tends the Flagstick as a Partner Putts on a Tree-Lined Green

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1955–1956 · United States · Reel 19d85c46 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

golf
amateur sport
leisure
friendship
mid-century recreation
summer outing
sportsmanship

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · low angle from the edge of the green
Setting: outdoor · Parkland golf course green bordered by tall deciduous shade trees, with rough grass in the foreground and a dark wooden shelter among the trees
Time and weather: day · summer · hazy bright overcast
Lighting: Soft natural daylight under a pale, hazy sky
People: 3 · Three adult men golfing: one in the foreground in a white short-sleeved shirt, dark trousers and a cap holding the flagstick, and two behind him in light trousers and caps, one putting and one watching.
Objects: flagstick · red flag · putter · golf ball · golf hole cup · wooden shelter · white chairs
Colors: green · blue-green · white · navy · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A man in white holds the flagstick high while a partner behind him putts.
The putter follows through as the ball rolls across the green toward the hole.
The ball rests near the cup and the two background players stand together.
The camera has drifted right, still framing the man at the pin and the wooded edge.

Golfer Tends the Flagstick as a Partner Putts on a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955, home movie footage shows a man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers holding a red-flagged flagstick upright on a green ringed by tall shade trees. Behind him, a player in light trousers and a cap putts toward the hole while a third golfer watches. The ball runs up and comes to rest near the cup as the two background players stand together. It is filmed in one steady, low handheld take from the rough, with a dark wooden shelter visible at the right.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000858

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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: 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: 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: It fills requests for authentic 1950s amateur golf in the United States, suited to sports history documentaries, leisure-era montages and nostalgic commercial spots.
Period detail: The caps, short-sleeved white shirt, high-waisted dark trousers and light slacks may show typical mid-1950s men's golf wear, and the cool colour fits small-gauge stock of that time.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by someone in the group from the edge of the green, it records an ordinary moment of friends playing a round rather than a staged or televised event.
What appears in frame: A man in white raising a red-flagged flagstick, a partner putting behind him, a third player in a white cap, a ball near the cup, tall shade trees and a dark wooden shelter at right.
Film character: Standard 8mm colour with a cool green-blue cast, fine visible grain, soft focus and a gentle handheld drift give it a genuine home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat within a golf sequence, or as a short insert showing everyday 1950s leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows golf as a casual pastime for adult men on a wooded course, a common subject for American home movies of the period.
Research note: The film copyright and the likeness of the three men are separate matters, the faces are small but people may be recognisable to family, and the course and shelter are likely private property.
Research search match: 1950s golf home movie, vintage 8mm golfer tending the pin, mid-century amateur golf putting footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's tee shot in front of the clubhouse gallery and the chipping clips, then with other mid-1950s US course footage, then with general vintage leisure and sports shots.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1955 home movie still from the United States: a golfer in white tends the pin as a partner putts on a tree-lined green — A golfer holds the flagstick high while a partner strokes a putt, United States, circa 1955.
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Circa 1955 8mm frame of a putting stroke on a wooded American golf green, with the flag held upright in the foreground — The putt is struck while the flagstick is held in place, circa 1955.
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Circa 1955 home movie still from the United States: a ball stops near the cup beside a golfer tending the flagstick — The ball settles near the cup as the two players behind watch, circa 1955.
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Circa 1955 8mm view of a tree-lined US golf green, a golfer at the pin with a wooden shelter behind him — Framing drifts right to show a wooden shelter beyond the green, United States, circa 1955.
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