New York New York-1975: Football Teams Gather and Spread Out on an Urban Field

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, New York, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 · New York, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

organized sport
urban recreation
team preparation
spectatorship
neighborhood life
amateur observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · zoom · Elevated oblique view from behind the near sideline
Setting: outdoor · Fenced urban playing field bordered by a stone retaining wall and brick buildings
Time and weather: daytime · Cool season, possibly autumn or early spring · Dry with clear to lightly hazy conditions
Lighting: Natural daylight with contrasting sunlit uniforms and shaded buildings
People: 65 · Approximately 65 distant players and sideline figures; athletes wear helmets and padded white or red-and-yellow uniforms, while other figures wear dark jackets and trousers; ages and faces are indistinct.
Objects: football helmets · padded jerseys · uniform trousers · chain-link fence · fence posts · field markings · sideline bench · stone retaining wall · brick buildings · apartment blocks · bare trees · rooftop antennas
Colors: muted green · brown · gray · white · red · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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White and red-and-yellow groups gather opposite a crowded near sideline.
Both teams remain clustered as the wider view includes the surrounding buildings.
A red-and-yellow player stands apart as that group begins to open.
Players spread across the field while the white group starts to separate.

Football Teams Gather and Spread Out on an Urban Field — Clip Details

Probably New York, circa 1975 home movie footage shows American football teams gathering on a fenced urban field. Players in white cluster opposite a group wearing red jerseys and yellow trousers, while substitutes and other onlookers crowd the near sideline. The teams begin to spread across the playing surface toward the end. An elevated handheld wide view includes a foreground chain-link fence, a stone retaining wall and closely packed brick buildings.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004265

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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: 1975 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: New York, New York, 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: This clip serves documentary requests for circa 1975 American football, especially a wide urban setting with team gatherings and a populated sideline.
Period detail: Padded uniforms, rounded helmets, rooftop antennas and sideline clothing support a broad period reading around circa 1975 without fixing an exact date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches a pause between plays from behind a fence, retaining incidental sideline movement and the spectator's elevated perspective.
What appears in frame: White uniforms face red-and-yellow players across the field, with a crowded sideline, chain-link fence, stone wall, bare trees and brick buildings in view.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, scattered dust marks, muted color and small framing shifts give the projected small-gauge capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the continuous wide shot as an establishing view or a between-play cutaway linking athletes, spectators and their urban surroundings.
Historical context: The close relationship between the playing field and surrounding residential blocks shows organized recreation within a dense urban setting.
Research note: Copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions; people and building exteriors are visible, but faces, team identities and the venue are indistinct.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1975 football home movies, urban sports fields and small-gauge views of teams gathering between plays.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's women walking outside and traffic beside a parking lot, then with circa 1975 probable New York street views, followed by other urban football footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably New York, circa 1975: white and red-and-yellow football teams gather beyond a fence, with brick buildings and a stone wall behind them. — Teams gather between plays as helmeted substitutes and other figures watch from the near sideline.
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Football groups remain clustered on a fenced urban field, probably New York, circa 1975, beneath apartment blocks and rooftop antennas. — The two uniform groups remain close together beneath the surrounding apartment buildings.
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Probably New York, circa 1975: a red-and-yellow player stands outside the team group as white-uniformed opponents remain gathered across the field. — A player stands apart as the red-and-yellow group begins to open.
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Teams spread out on an urban football field, probably New York, circa 1975, with spectators and substitutes behind the foreground fence. — Players move outward from their groups near the end of the continuous shot.
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