New York-1947: Child Playing on Seesaw at Winter Playground

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

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Child Playing on Seesaw at Winter Playground — Clip Details

A young child in a dark coat and hat plays on a seesaw at a snow-dusted school playground in New York, 1947. Shot on 8mm film, the grainy black-and-white footage captures the child’s movements as they rise and fall, with a wooden bench and snow-covered ground visible in the background. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of childhood play during a winter break, preserved in vintage home movie style.

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: 124916285

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 1940s New York home-movie footage for edits needing a brief schoolyard play or winter childhood cutaway.
Period detail: The dark coat, brimmed winter hat, wooden seesaw, bench, and snow-dusted ground may show mid-century school playground details.
Home-movie behavior: The child appears absorbed in ordinary playground movement, giving the shot an unstaged home-movie view of winter play.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bundled child, seesaw plank, snowy ground, paved play area, wooden bench, fence or railings, and heavy frame edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows coarse grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a childhood memory beat, school-break insert, winter transition, or short cutaway within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for outdoor play in cold weather, with a simple playground setting rather than organized public events.
Research note: People and a face are visible, so copyright status should be considered separately from likeness and any schoolyard identification concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s New York home movie playground footage, child on seesaw, winter schoolyard, and black-and-white 8mm childhood play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other New York 1947 scenes, then broader 1940s schoolyard or winter childhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 New York footage, a bundled child sits low on a seesaw with snow, a bench, and railings behind them. — Child on a seesaw in a snowy school playground.

The child rises on the seesaw in the snowy playground, framed partly by dark film borders and soft 8mm focus. — Raised end of the seesaw with the child partly silhouetted.

A closer 1947 New York frame shows the bundled child in a dark hat, with the seesaw and snowy ground partly visible. — Close view of the child during seesaw play.

The child leans forward on the seesaw in a dim, grainy frame, with the snowy playground barely visible behind them. — Child leaning forward as the seesaw moves.

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