Danielson Connecticut-1939: Young Child Squishing And Pulling Fabric While Sitting Behind Bars

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

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Young Child Squishing And Pulling Fabric While Sitting... — Clip Details

A young child in a light-colored outfit sits behind vertical metal bars, likely a crib or playpen, in this grainy 8mm home movie from Danielson, Connecticut, 1939. The child's hands reach forward, grasping and pulling at a textured fabric, possibly a blanket or curtain, with visible squishing motions. The black-and-white footage shows the child's legs and feet, with white socks, as they move and interact with the environment. The scene captures a candid, nostalgic moment of childhood exploration and play, with the characteristic grain and soft focus of vintage 8mm film.

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: 125327601

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: Useful for 1930s Connecticut home-movie requests needing a brief domestic childhood cutaway or family-memory insert.
Period detail: The footage may show a child in a crib or playpen, with vertical bars, soft clothing, white socks, and the grainy black-and-white texture of 1939 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The child appears to sit close to the bars, pressing feet forward and handling fabric in an unstaged moment of indoor play.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated child, vertical metal bars, light socks, soft shoes or feet, textured fabric, dark clothing, and a dim interior background.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, contact-print framing, and slight blur that give it a clear home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short childhood insert, family-memory cutaway, or quiet transition within a domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small view of child care and play in a private domestic setting, without enough visual detail to identify the home or family.
Research note: People and a likely minor are visible, so likeness and family-context review may be needed; copyright status is separate from appearance releases.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm home movie child behind crib bars, Danielson Connecticut family footage, and vintage baby playpen cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Danielson or 1939 family scenes, then broader childhood, crib, playpen, or domestic play footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Danielson home-movie footage, a seated child is partly visible behind vertical bars with light socks and fabric nearby. — A seated child is partly seen behind crib or playpen bars, with feet forward and fabric at the lower edge.

The child remains behind vertical bars in the Danielson 8mm footage, with feet forward and hands close to textured fabric. — The child sits close to the bars while reaching toward or holding material in front of them.

A grainy 1939 home-movie frame shows the child's lower body behind bars, with one light foot extended near fabric. — One foot extends toward the foreground as the child continues moving behind the crib or playpen bars.

The final frame keeps the child partly obscured behind bars, with light socks and fabric visible in the dim 8mm scene. — The child remains seated behind the bars, partly obscured by blur and grain, with feet and fabric visible.

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