Florida-1945: Woman with Broom Leads Toddler in Bonnet Out of a Cottage Screen Door

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1945 · Florida, United States

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1945 · Florida, United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1945Explore the year →Across the yearsFlorida, United StatesExplore the place →

What is in this clip

motherhood
childhood
housework
1940s fashion
family life
subtropical cottage living
home movies

Shot type: mixed
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Doorway and front walk of a white stucco cottage with sea grape and a striped awning in a subtropical setting
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight with soft shade in the doorway
People: 2 · A woman with dark rolled hair in a blue-and-white striped short-sleeved top, navy high-waisted shorts, blue socks and red shoes, and a toddler girl in a floral sun bonnet, light shirt and denim overalls.
Objects: broom · screen door · wall-mounted mailbox · striped awning · stacked boards and stones · concrete walk · sun bonnet
Colors: white · navy blue · green · faded red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

Select a time to watch that moment in the preview.

A woman in a striped top sweeps behind the cottage screen door.
A toddler in a floral bonnet and overalls steps out of the doorway.
The woman comes outside as the broom stands against the stucco wall.
She leads the child by the hand down the walk toward the camera.
The smiling toddler fills the frame close to the lens.

Woman with Broom Leads Toddler in Bonnet Out of a... — Clip Details

Likely Florida, circa 1945, home movie footage: a woman in a striped top sweeps behind the screen door of a white stucco cottage, with a wall mailbox, a striped awning and sea grape beside it. A toddler in a floral sun bonnet and denim overalls steps out, and the woman follows in dark high-waisted shorts and red shoes while the broom stands against the wall. She leads the child by the hand down the concrete walk toward the camera, ending on the smiling toddler near the lens. One continuous shot from a mostly fixed, handheld camera on colour 8mm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000079

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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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: 1945 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: Florida, 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for mid-1940s colour footage of a mother and toddler at home, for documentaries on domestic life, childhood or period fashion.
Period detail: The striped knit top, high-waisted shorts, rolled hairstyle, toddler overalls and bonnet, and wooden screen door may show mid-1940s casual dress and cottage building.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a woman pausing her sweeping to bring a toddler outside and walk her to the family camera.
What appears in frame: A wooden screen door in a white stucco wall, a woman with a broom, a toddler in a floral bonnet and overalls, a wall mailbox, sea grape leaves and a striped awning.
Film character: Warm, slightly faded colour 8mm with soft focus, fine grain, dust specks and bright daylight on white stucco give it a clear amateur-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or a cutaway that opens a domestic sequence, ending on a natural close-up of the child.
Historical context: Colour 8mm film came to home cameras in 1936, and scenes like this show how families of the period recorded ordinary chores and children at home.
Research note: The film is an anonymous home movie, so copyright and the likeness of the identifiable woman and minor are separate questions, and the private cottage is visible; review both before use.
Research search match: 1940s colour 8mm mother and toddler, woman sweeping cottage doorway, toddler in sun bonnet and overalls, vintage Florida cottage home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's toddler in yellow sunsuit by the cottage door, mother walking the toddler along the garden path and father and toddler on the lawn, then other 1940s subtropical cottage footage, then mother-and-child home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman sweeping inside a cottage screen door beside a white stucco wall and sea grape, likely Florida, circa 1945 — A woman sweeps just inside the screen door of a white stucco cottage, circa 1945.
License this still · $49

Toddler in floral bonnet and overalls emerging from a stucco cottage doorway, likely Florida, circa 1945 — A toddler in a floral bonnet steps out of the doorway while the woman keeps sweeping.
License this still · $49

Woman in 1940s striped top and high-waisted shorts takes a toddler's hand outside a stucco cottage, circa 1945 — Outside the door, the woman takes the toddler's hand, with the broom against the wall.
License this still · $49

Smiling toddler in sun bonnet led toward the camera by a woman in a striped top, likely Florida, circa 1945 — The smiling toddler walks hand in hand toward the camera, circa 1945.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips