Washington DC-1948: Boy Rides Bicycle While Father Tries to Stop

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Boy Rides Bicycle While Father Tries to Stop — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a young boy riding a bicycle through a fenced enclosure in Washington DC. A man, likely his father, walks alongside, attempting to guide or stop him. The scene is viewed through a wire mesh fence, with a red toy wagon and a small orange ladder visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, candid quality, offering a glimpse into mid-century family life and childhood recreation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127728387

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: Yes
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: 1948 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: Washington, District Of Columbia, 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 1940s family-life edits needing Washington, DC home-movie footage of a child bicycling while an adult supervises from behind a fence.
Period detail: The small bicycle, toy wagon, simple metal play equipment, clothing, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century domestic recreation details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the candid family moment: an adult shadows and guides a young rider as the camera watches through wire mesh.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wire mesh fence, a child on a bicycle, an adult man, a red wagon, a small orange ladder or play frame, pavement, and yard shadows.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and a handheld home-movie viewpoint through foreground mesh.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a childhood-memory insert, family recreation cutaway, or transitional beat for postwar domestic life.
Historical context: The scene presents supervised outdoor play in a fenced urban or residential setting without enough visual evidence to identify a specific neighborhood or landmark.
Research note: People and a possible branded object appear, so likeness and brand review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 Washington DC 8mm home movie, boy riding bicycle, father supervising child, fenced play area, and mid-century family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Washington DC home movies, then broader childhood bicycling or family recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 Washington, DC home-movie footage, an adult stands near a small child on a bicycle inside a fenced area. — An adult supervises a child on a bicycle behind wire mesh.

The fenced Washington, DC play area is seen through 8mm film grain, with play equipment and a red object partly visible. — The camera looks through mesh toward play equipment in shade.

A child rides a bicycle in a fenced Washington, DC outdoor area, with an orange play frame and strong sunlight on the pavement. — The child continues riding across the paved enclosure.

The child on the bicycle passes low in frame inside the fenced 1948 Washington, DC play area, partly obscured by mesh and shadow. — The rider moves along the edge of the fenced play space.

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