Columbus Ohio USA-1954: White Kid Playing Drop Sticks Game Into Bottle

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationColumbus, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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White Kid Playing Drop Sticks Game Into Bottle — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Columbus, Ohio, 1954, showing a child in a colorful patterned shirt and dark pants playing a game of drop sticks into a glass bottle on a brown carpeted floor. The low-angle shot captures the child's hands manipulating the sticks and the bottle, with another person's legs and black shoes visible nearby. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American family moment. The scene suggests a casual indoor game, possibly during a holiday or gathering, with the child focused on the task. The grainy texture and slight motion blur enhance the authentic, unscripted feel of this archival home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120773208

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1954 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: Columbus, Ohio, 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 1950s Columbus, Ohio 8mm home-movie clip supports archive requests for mid-century American family recreation, indoor childhood games, or intimate domestic cutaways.
Period detail: The patterned shirt, dark trousers, black dress shoes, glass bottle, and carpeted interior may show mid-century home-gathering details, though the frames do not reveal broader decor or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value comes from the close, low-angle view of a child or young person concentrating on dropping small sticks into a bottle while adults or older people stand nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hands holding sticks, a colorful patterned shirt, dark pants, black shoes, a glass bottle on brown carpet, and partial legs at the edge of the frame.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, warm indoor color, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that preserve the tactile character of family-shot physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway for childhood play, family gatherings, or everyday 1950s interiors.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual indoor game in a private home setting, offering social context around informal family entertainment without supporting claims about a specific event or holiday.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so licensing review should consider likeness and property issues separately from any underlying copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches might include 1950s 8mm home movie indoor game, Columbus Ohio family footage, child dropping sticks into bottle, and mid-century home recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other scenes from the same reel, then with Columbus or 1954 home interiors, and then with broader clips of children playing games or family gathering activities.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame showing a partial child or young person in a patterned shirt and dark pants holding small sticks above a brown carpet, with another person's legs nearby. — Hands holding game sticks over carpet.

1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame with a glass bottle on a brown carpet beside dark trouser legs and black shoes during an indoor stick-dropping game. — Bottle positioned on the carpet for the game.

1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame showing the game bottle on brown carpet near a person's dark pants and black shoes, with the subject mostly cropped out. — Low-angle view of bottle and feet.

1954 Columbus, Ohio home-movie frame showing a glass bottle used for the stick game on a brown carpet, with black shoes and lower legs partly visible around it. — Bottle and shoes during indoor game.

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