California-1965: Seated Man in Sunglasses Holding a Football

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Outdoor leisure
Informal recreation
Picnic gathering
Everyday life
Home movie portraiture
Period automobiles

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · Approximately eye level with a slight downward view of the seated subject
Setting: outdoor · Wooded picnic area beside a parking area
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Sunny
Lighting: Dappled natural sunlight with deep foreground shade and bright reflections on cars
People: 2 · Two adult men are visible: the main subject wears sunglasses, a blue short-sleeved shirt, and dark trousers; the second wears a light shirt and is partly visible at the picnic table.
Vehicles: Row of parked mid-century passenger cars
Objects: Brown football · Metal folding chair · Picnic table · Picnic bench · Light-colored cup · Rectangular light-colored container · Short parking posts · Vertical poles · Trees
Colors: brown · dark blue · olive green · silver gray · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A seated man faces the camera holding a football near his chest.
He maintains his crossed-leg pose with parked cars behind him.
The leftward framing reveals another man seated at the picnic table.

Seated Man in Sunglasses Holding a Football — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1965 home movie footage shows a man in sunglasses reclining in a metal folding chair with a brown football held near his chest. He faces the camera with his legs crossed beside a picnic table. A row of parked cars stands behind short posts beneath trees. The handheld camera pans slightly left, bringing a second seated man and more of the table into view.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002894

Rights & Clearance

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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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1965 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: California, 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1965 American leisure footage featuring a seated adult with a football and period cars.
Period detail: Metal folding seating, dark sunglasses, a short-sleeved shirt, and mid-century car bodies support the circa 1965 estimate.
Home-movie behavior: The man acknowledges the camera while remaining comfortably seated with the football held near his chest.
What appears in frame: The view contains a seated man, a brown football, a folding chair, a picnic table, parked cars, short posts, and shaded trees.
Film character: Warm color, grain, soft detail, and shifting handheld framing retain the texture of small-gauge film captured from projection.
Edit role: Works as a short character cutaway or relaxed memory beat within a picnic or outdoor recreation sequence.
Historical context: Portable seating and a football beside the picnic table show informal recreation next to a parking area.
Research note: Faces and privately owned cars are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any likeness or property permissions required by the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1965 home movies of a man holding a football, picnic leisure, folding chairs, and parked American cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's backyard ball play or family portrait, then with probably California scenes around circa 1965, followed by other picnic and leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably California, circa 1965: a man in a blue shirt and sunglasses holds a football while reclining in a folding chair beside a picnic bench. — A seated man faces the camera with a football held near his chest.
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Probably California, circa 1965: a sunglasses-wearing man holds a football in the shaded foreground below a sunlit row of parked cars. — Dark foreground shade contrasts with the bright car roofs behind the reclining man.
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Probably California, circa 1965: the view widens left across picnic furniture while the seated man keeps the football near his chest. — More of the picnic furniture enters the framing beside the man holding the ball.
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Probably California, circa 1965: two men occupy a shaded picnic area, one reclining with a football and the other seated at the table. — A leftward pan brings a second seated man and the picnic tabletop into view.
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