Florida-1945: Man Swings Toddler in Sun Bonnet Round by Her Arms on a Lawn

$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
Duration4s
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

childhood
parenthood
family play
summer leisure
1940s swimwear
holiday
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Grassy lawn in front of a low whitewashed wall, with a raised lawn, a pole and tree branches behind
Time and weather: day · summer · bright, possibly hazy
Lighting: soft natural daylight
People: 3 · A shirtless man in pale high-waisted swim trunks, a toddler girl in a yellow sunsuit, white shoes and floral sun bonnet, and a partly visible passer-by in a white shirt in the background
Objects: sand pail · sun bonnet · swim trunks · sunsuit · white wall · pole
Colors: olive green · off-white · pale yellow · flesh tones
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.

The man swings the toddler round by her arms on the lawn.
He turns his back to the camera as she swings past.
The girl flies outward with her feet off the grass.
He sets her down facing the camera.
She stands laughing with her sand pail while he holds her hands.

Man Swings Toddler in Sun Bonnet Round by Her Arms on a Lawn — Clip Details

Probably Florida, circa 1945 home movie footage shows a shirtless man in pale high-waisted swim trunks swinging a small girl round by her arms on a sunny lawn. She wears a yellow sunsuit, white shoes and a floral sun bonnet and carries a matching print sand pail. He sets her down facing the camera and holds her hands while she laughs. It is filmed in one handheld colour 8mm shot, with a low white wall, a raised lawn and a passer-by in the background.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000085

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: It serves requests for 1940s American family life, showing a parent playing with a toddler during a warm-weather holiday, for documentaries, exhibits and nostalgic commercial work.
Period detail: The man's pale high-waisted swim trunks, the girl's yellow sunsuit and floral sun bonnet, and the faded colour 8mm palette may point to the mid-1940s.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a man swinging a laughing child and setting her down for the camera, filmed by a family member standing a few steps away.
What appears in frame: A shirtless man in swim trunks, a toddler in a yellow sunsuit and print bonnet, a matching sand pail, a green lawn, a low white wall, and a passer-by on the raised ground behind.
Film character: Soft-focus colour 8mm with warm, faded olive tones, motion blur in the swing, dust specks, a hair in the gate and a dark frame edge, all part of the original film's texture.
Edit role: Use it as a short memory beat or emotional insert inside a family-life sequence, or as a lively cutaway between quieter walking shots.
Historical context: Colour home-movie film reached 8mm cameras in 1936, and scenes like this one show families filming relaxed holiday play rather than formal occasions.
Research note: The man and the minor are identifiable but unnamed, so likeness and privacy questions are separate from copyright in the film itself, and the background wall and lawn may be private property.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1940s father swinging daughter, vintage toddler in sun bonnet, colour 8mm family holiday footage and 1940s swim trunks home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Father and toddler on lawn and Toddler in yellow sunsuit by cottage door from this reel, then with other probable-Florida footage from the mid-1940s, then with other parent-and-child play scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Man swinging a toddler round by her arms on a lawn, probably Florida, circa 1945, colour 8mm home movie — Mid-swing: the girl's white shoes lift off the grass as the man spins her round in front of a whitewashed wall.
License this still · $49

Toddler in sun bonnet flying outward as a man swings her, likely Florida lawn circa 1945, 8mm film — The child swings out almost horizontally while a passer-by in a white shirt walks along the raised lawn behind.
License this still · $49

Man setting a toddler down on a lawn after swinging her, probably Florida, circa 1945 colour 8mm home movie — Coming down: the man lowers the girl to the grass, her bonnet tipped forward and her print pail in hand.
License this still · $49

Laughing toddler with sand pail held by a shirtless man on a lawn, likely Florida, circa 1945, 8mm footage — Set down facing the camera, the girl laughs with her sand pail while the man bends over her and holds her hands.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips