Danielson Connecticut-1939: A Baby Grasping The Metal Bar In Front Of It With

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationDanielson, Connecticut, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Danielson Connecticut

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A Baby Grasping The Metal Bar In Front Of It With — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Danielson, Connecticut, 1939, captures a close-up of a baby's chubby hands grasping a vertical metal bar. The infant, wearing light-colored clothing, reaches forward with focused determination, its small fingers wrapping around the cold, dark metal. The shot is framed through a patterned lattice or fence, creating a layered, nostalgic view. The grainy black-and-white image, with soft focus and natural lighting, evokes a timeless, intimate moment of early childhood exploration and discovery.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125327575

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 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: Danielson, Connecticut, 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

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: 1939 Danielson, Connecticut home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational requests needing an intimate child-care or early childhood cutaway from the late 1930s.
Period detail: The soft black-and-white 8mm look, simple light infant clothing, and metal bar or railing may show a domestic or outdoor child setting consistent with the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged baby reaching and gripping a vertical metal bar, valuing small motor movement and everyday family observation over posed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a baby's hands and forearms, light clothing, a dark vertical metal bar, patterned lattice or railing, soft background foliage or texture, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the tactile character of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transitional detail for childhood, family life, touch, development, or home-movie texture.
Historical context: As a close domestic-feeling view of a baby interacting with a railing, the footage offers social context around family filming and attention to ordinary childhood gestures.
Research note: People and a visible infant require likeness and minor-related review, while copyright status, location identity, and any property context should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Connecticut 8mm home movie baby, infant hands gripping railing, vintage family footage, and black-and-white childhood cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Danielson or Connecticut 1939 family footage, then broader baby, childhood, hands, or home-movie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Danielson home-movie footage, a baby in light clothing reaches toward and holds a dark vertical metal bar. — A baby reaches forward and grasps a vertical metal bar through a patterned barrier.

The baby's small hand is wrapped around a dark metal bar, with light clothing and a patterned railing visible in the 1939 Connecticut frame. — The infant steadies a hand on the bar while the patterned railing fills the background.

A close home-movie frame shows the baby partly obscured by blur and film grain while reaching near the vertical metal bar. — The baby shifts near the railing, with one hand close to the bar.

The final frame shows the baby close to the dark bar, partly turned and softly focused against the patterned railing in Danielson, Connecticut footage. — The infant remains close to the metal bar as the home-movie frame softens with motion and grain.

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