California-1936: Child Playing With Tree In His Wooded Yard

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Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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Child Playing With Tree In His Wooded Yard — Clip Details

A young child in light-colored clothing plays in a sun-drenched backyard in California, 1936. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the child interacting with a tree and a wooden post in a leafy, wooded yard. The grainy black-and-white image, framed by the film’s natural borders, evokes a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. The scene is calm and quiet, with the child moving slowly through the natural setting, surrounded by trees and a fence. This vintage 8mm home movie offers a rare glimpse into everyday life in the 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127477682

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: 1936 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: California, 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: 1930s California home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet domestic childhood or backyard play insert.
Period detail: The scene may show 1930s residential outdoor space, with a fenced yard, young trees, open sun, and simple light clothing visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged young person moves slowly around a tree and post, giving the clip everyday family-observation value rather than posed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a child-sized figure, leafy trees, a wooden post, fence rails or pickets, sunlit ground, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and natural gate edges from the original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a childhood memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or gentle transition within a 1930s family-history sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for outdoor play in a California yard without supporting claims about the family, neighborhood, or exact property.
Research note: People are visible and a child may be present, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1936 California 8mm home movie, child playing in yard, backyard trees, and 1930s family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1936 home movies, then broader 1930s childhood, backyard, and family-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1936 California home-movie footage, a small figure stands by a tree in a leafy fenced yard. — A young person stands near a tree in a sunlit backyard.

A small figure moves near a post and trees in a California yard recorded on 1936 8mm film. — The figure shifts position near a post beneath the trees.

The child-sized figure bends near a post in a leafy fenced yard, with strong sun and 8mm borders visible. — A child-sized figure bends beside the post in the yard.

A small figure is partly hidden by branches while standing near a post in the 1936 California yard scene. — Branches partly obscure the figure near the post.

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