New York USA-1939: Boy Practicing Handstands in Backyard

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 New York

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Boy Practicing Handstands in Backyard — Clip Details

A young boy in a light-colored shirt and shorts practices acrobatic handstands in a suburban backyard, captured on 8mm film in 1939. The black-and-white footage shows him balancing upside down on the grass, with a white picket fence, trees, and a house in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the authentic look of vintage home movie footage, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century American childhood.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762414

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1676 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jane
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: new york,washington
Date: 1939 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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s American childhood, backyard recreation, and home-movie inserts in documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The white picket fence, modest house, open lawn, and simple play clothes may show suburban New York domestic life in the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The boy's repeated handstand practice gives the clip unstaged value as family-recorded play and informal physical skill.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a boy upside down on grass, white fence, backyard trees, shrubs, a house wall, and strong film-frame borders.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing consistent with home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, childhood cutaway, transition, or visual insert for family and recreation themes.
Historical context: The scene documents informal backyard play in a residential setting without supporting claims about a specific event or public location.
Research note: People and likely private residential property are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to copyright checks.
Research search match: 1939 New York 8mm home movie boy handstand, backyard play footage, 1930s American childhood recreation, vintage family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with New York 1939 home movies, then with backyard play or childhood activity clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a boy balances upside down on grass with a fence, trees, and house behind him. — A boy holds a handstand in a residential backyard.

The boy remains inverted on the lawn, framed by a white fence, trees, shrubs, and a house exterior in New York home-movie footage. — The handstand is held upright against the backyard fence line.

A boy in light clothing continues practicing a handstand on a backyard lawn, with residential fencing and plants behind him. — The backyard handstand continues as the boy steadies himself on the grass.

The boy appears to come down from the handstand on the lawn, with trees, a white fence, shrubs, and house exterior visible. — The handstand sequence ends as the boy shifts out of the inverted pose.

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