New York-1947: Child on Seesaw in Snowy Park

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 New York

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Child on Seesaw in Snowy Park — Clip Details

A young child in a dark coat and hat plays on a seesaw in a snowy park during winter. Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures the child's movements as they rise and fall on the wooden plank, with snow-covered ground and a park bench visible in the background. The grainy black-and-white footage evokes a nostalgic, quiet moment from mid-20th century New York, preserving a candid slice of everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124916210

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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, 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 1940s New York childhood, winter park, and home-movie sequences needing a brief everyday-life insert or family-memory cutaway.
Period detail: The child's heavy coat and hat, wooden seesaw, snow-covered ground, and simple park bench may show mid-20th-century urban recreation in winter.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as a small child sits and shifts on a seesaw while the camera watches from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bundled child, dark coat, broad hat, wooden seesaw plank, snowy park ground, bench, fence, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, visible grain, uneven exposure, contact-frame borders, and slight handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet childhood insert, winter transition, family-memory beat, or cutaway for urban park life in the 1940s.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for ordinary cold-weather play in a New York park, without identifying the child, park, or family circumstances.
Research note: People and a likely minor are visible, so likeness and child-use review may be needed separate from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Research matches include 1947 New York home movie, 8mm child on seesaw, snowy park childhood footage, and 1940s winter recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1947 winter footage, then broader child play or urban park home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small child in a dark coat sits on a wooden seesaw in snowy New York park footage from 1947. — Child seated on a seesaw with snow covering the park ground.

The child, seen mostly from behind in a dark coat and hat, sits on the seesaw above snowy park ground. — Rear view of the child on the seesaw in the winter park.

A bundled child faces the camera while sitting low on a wooden seesaw in snowy 1947 New York park footage. — Bundled child facing the camera while seated on the seesaw.

The child sits on the seesaw in a dark winter coat, with snow, a bench, and fencing visible behind them. — Child on the seesaw with bench and snow-covered ground in the background.

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