St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Kid In Black Hat And Outfit Hanging Upside Down And

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Kid In Black Hat And Outfit Hanging Upside Down And — Clip Details

A grainy, dark 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a child in a black hat and outfit hanging upside down in a dimly lit outdoor setting, likely a backyard or playground in St. Paul, Minnesota. The footage, shot at night or in deep shadow, shows the child's face partially illuminated, with a blue string or cord visible near their head. The image quality is heavily affected by low light, resulting in high contrast, deep shadows, and significant film grain, characteristic of vintage Super 8 footage. The child appears to be playing or posing, creating a candid, nostalgic moment from a mid-century American childhood.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 120813210

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: 1962 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: Useful for requests needing early 1960s American home-movie childhood play footage for documentary memory sequences, family-history edits, or period atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century backyard or play area, with a dark hat, outdoor grass or foliage, and low-light 8mm color rendering supporting the 1962 home-movie context supplied in metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The child appears to be hanging upside down and turning toward the camera in an informal play moment, giving the footage unstaged family-observer value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a child in a dark hat and outfit, an upside-down face, blue cord or rope-like lines, dark grass or foliage, deep shadow, and a close handheld viewpoint.
Film character: The 8mm material has heavy grain, dim exposure, soft focus, and strong shadow contrast that give the short scene a fragile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, childhood memory beat, or transitional insert suggesting nighttime or shadowed outdoor play.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private family-film view of children’s play rather than a public event, with no visible landmarks or identifiers confirming a precise St. Paul setting in the frames.
Research note: People and a likely child’s face are visible, so likeness and minor-related review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment, even though no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm child playing upside down, vintage home movie playground at dusk, Super 8 family childhood play, and St. Paul Minnesota home movie child.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota home movies, and then with broader 1960s childhood play or backyard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm home-movie frame showing a child in dark clothing hanging upside down in a shadowed outdoor setting, with the face partly visible. — Child hanging upside down in deep shadow.

Shadowy 1962 home-movie frame with a child’s partially illuminated face appearing upside down against a dark outdoor background. — Partly lit upside-down face in a dark play scene.

Close 8mm frame of a child hanging upside down, with a blue cord or rope-like line near the head and dark grass or foliage behind. — Upside-down child with blue cord visible.

Dim 1962 8mm frame showing the child close to camera, upside down in dark clothing, with a blue cord and a hand visible at the edge. — Close shadowed view of the child and cord.

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