United States-1959: Man in Red Shirt and Glasses Swings a Golf Club Beside a Brick Building

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

golf
amateur sport
leisure
summer recreation
mid-century menswear
home movies
practice and technique

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Broad mown lawn beside a red brick building with a hedge line, patio umbrella and lawn furniture
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny with scattered clouds
Lighting: bright natural daylight with hard shadows
People: 2 · An adult man in a red short-sleeved shirt, glasses, dark blue trousers and brown shoes swinging a golf club; a second person in red stands far in the background near lawn furniture.
Objects: golf club · golf ball · patio umbrella · lawn furniture · small white board · red brick building · hedge
Colors: green · red · navy blue · pale blue · brick pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The man addresses the ball with the club grounded at his feet.
He swings the club up and through in a blur of motion.
He holds a high finish with his hands above his head.
He brings the club down in front of his body.
He stands holding the lowered club and watches the shot.

Man in Red Shirt and Glasses Swings a Golf Club Beside a... — Clip Details

United States, circa 1959 home movie footage shows a man in a red short-sleeved shirt, glasses and dark trousers taking one full golf swing on a wide mown lawn. He addresses the ball, swings through, holds a high finish, then lowers the club and watches the shot. Behind him are a red brick building with white trim, a tall hedge line, a patio umbrella over lawn furniture and a second person in red. A static camera frames him full-length in one continuous shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001143

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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: 1959 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: Serves requests for late-1950s amateur golf or postwar American leisure, giving a complete swing by one man that fits documentary, education or nostalgic commercial work.
Period detail: The golfer's short-sleeved red knit shirt, high-waisted trousers and glasses and the faded colour stock may show the late 1950s, consistent with the neighbouring sections of the reel.
Home-movie behavior: A man practises his swing for a family camera, and the unposed finish where he lowers the club and watches the shot gives the clip an everyday, unstaged quality.
What appears in frame: The frame holds the golfer in a red shirt and dark trousers, his club and ball, a red brick building with white trim, a tall hedge line, a patio umbrella over lawn furniture and a second person in red in the distance.
Film character: Colour has shifted toward cyan and green with a strong red shirt, and fine grain, dust and vertical scratches give the projected small-gauge image a clear archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or cutaway of a full swing, or as a rhythmic beat in a golf montage built from the reel's other swing studies.
Historical context: Golf on a private-looking lawn with a patio umbrella and casual clothing reflects mid-century home-movie leisure, filmed in the era before camcorders and videotape replaced home-movie film in the 1980s.
Research note: The golfer's face is identifiable and a distant bystander is visible, so likeness permissions are separate from copyright in the film, and the brick building and grounds may be private property; no logos or signs appear.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s golf swing home movie, vintage amateur golfer in red shirt, mid-century leisure golf footage and old colour home movie of sport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's woman's backyard swing, older man's drive and boy's swing, then with other circa 1959 United States leisure footage, then with golf-swing clips from any period.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1959 home movie still from the United States of a man in a red shirt mid-swing with a golf club beside a red brick building — Mid-swing: the club blurs above his shoulder as the golfer turns on the lawn, circa 1959.
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Golfer in a red shirt holding a high finish in front of a patio umbrella and brick building, likely United States, circa 1959 — High finish with arms raised, a patio umbrella and a second person in red behind him.
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Man in glasses and red polo shirt holding his golf follow-through on a lawn in the United States, circa 1959 colour home movie — Holding the follow-through, his glasses and red shirt clear against the hedge line.
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Man in red shirt lowering his golf club and watching the shot on a lawn by a brick building, likely United States, circa 1959 — After the swing he lowers the club and watches the shot.
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