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Hicksville New York-1954: Mother Tending Garden as Child Watches

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

  • Year1954
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationHicksville, New York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Mother Tending Garden as Child Watches — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day in a suburban backyard in Hicksville, New York. A young blonde toddler stands in the foreground, looking toward the camera, while a woman in a blue dress tends to the garden in the background. The scene includes a red lawn chair, a wooden bench with a colorful cushion, and a clothesline with laundry fluttering in the breeze. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from mid-century America.

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
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123373981

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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors visible: Yes
  • 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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label
barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note
1953-1954
Reel-level location note
new york city
Date
1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location
Hicksville, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • hot day
  • toddler
  • mom
  • blue dress
  • duties
  • blonde
  • child
  • backyard
  • care
  • household
  • people
  • hicksville newyork moving church bike xmas sled
  • 1950s family life
  • vintage 8mm film
  • backyard gardening
  • suburban America
  • mother and child
  • 1954 home movie
  • Super 8 footage
  • American nostalgia
  • domestic scene
  • mid-century family
  • vintage home movie
  • 8mm film
  • retro footage
  • archival film
  • classic Americana
  • family life 1950s
  • vintage Super 8
  • 1950s childhood
  • old film footage
  • 1950s household

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