North Dakota-1953: Group Of Youngsters And Their Puppy Have Fun In The Afternoon

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationNorth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Group Of Youngsters And Their Puppy Have Fun In The... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1953 captures three young people joyfully skating on a frozen pond in North Dakota. Dressed in winter coats, they hold hands and glide across the ice, their movements full of youthful energy. The scene is set against a backdrop of a rural landscape with distant houses and a classic car parked nearby. The footage exhibits the warm, saturated colors and film grain characteristic of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American winter day. A brief shot of a dog on the ice adds to the charm of this candid family moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127558848

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

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: 1953 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: North Dakota, 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 1950s American home-movie requests needing rural winter recreation, youth skating, or family leisure material for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The coats, rural setting, parked mid-century car, and 8mm color stock support the supplied 1953 North Dakota context without identifying a specific town or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as three young people hold hands on ice and a dog briefly runs toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three skaters, winter coats, a frozen pond, open fields, distant houses, a parked car, and a dog crossing the ice.
Film character: The footage has warm color shifts, visible grain, soft focus, edge darkening, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, winter recreation insert, rural-life cutaway, or transition into mid-century family leisure scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows informal outdoor recreation in a rural North Dakota setting, with clothing, transport, and landscape cues consistent with early-1950s family footage.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, while no clear logos or branded marks are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1953 North Dakota 8mm home movie skating, rural frozen pond, youth winter recreation, and family dog on ice.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1953 North Dakota footage, then with rural winter recreation or family home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 North Dakota home-movie footage, three young people skate across a frozen pond with rural fields and a parked car in the background. — Three skaters move together across a frozen pond in a rural setting.

Three young people in winter coats skate toward the camera on a frozen pond in the supplied 1953 North Dakota setting. — The skaters approach the camera while holding hands on the ice.

A closer 8mm frame shows three skaters holding hands on a frozen pond, with a mid-century car and open field behind them. — A closer view shows the three skaters linked together on the ice.

A dog runs on the frozen pond toward the camera in the 1953 North Dakota home-movie scene, framed by dark 8mm edges. — A dog crosses the ice toward the camera near the end of the clip.

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