Connecticut-1947: Boy in Yellow Wool Swim Trunks Digging in Sand and Looking Up

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationConnecticut, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 · Connecticut, United States

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What is in this clip

childhood
summer vacation
beach play
family home movies
postwar leisure
vintage swimwear
seaside

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Sandy patch on a rocky shore backed by grey boulders and dark trees
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows and deep shade in the background foliage
People: 1 · One young boy, about five to seven years old, shirtless in yellow knitted wool swim trunks, with short dark hair.
Objects: yellow knitted wool swim trunks · sand · boulders · pebbles · small shells or stones
Colors: grey · pale yellow · tan · black · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy crouches with his back to the camera, digging in the sand.
He twists round and looks over his shoulder into the lens.
He turns away and lowers his head toward the ground.
He leans forward and resumes digging with both hands.

Boy in Yellow Wool Swim Trunks Digging in Sand and... — Clip Details

Probably coastal Connecticut, circa 1947 home movie footage of a young boy in yellow knitted wool swim trunks crouching on a sandy patch below grey boulders and digging with his hands. Partway through he twists round and looks over his shoulder into the camera, then turns back and bends to his digging again. The single handheld close shot is filmed in bright summer sun on colour home-movie film, with dark foliage across the top of the frame.

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: 800000093

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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: Connecticut, 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: Answers requests for late-1940s American childhood and beach-day footage, suited to documentaries, memoir films and education pieces on postwar family leisure.
Period detail: The yellow knitted wool swim trunks may show typical late-1940s children's beachwear, and the saturated colour rendition fits home-movie colour film of that period.
Home-movie behavior: An unposed moment of a child absorbed in digging who breaks off to glance back at the family member filming him, then returns to his play.
What appears in frame: A crouching boy in yellow wool trunks, his hands working the sand, scattered pebbles and small light fragments, grey boulders on the slope, and dark sunlit foliage above.
Film character: Visible grain, warm skin tones against cool grey sand, deep black shadows in the trees, light dust specks and gentle handheld drift give it an authentic small-gauge texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or character close-up, with the look to camera giving a natural cut point into or out of a nostalgic sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects the sort of informal shore outings that families recorded on colour home-movie film in the years after the Second World War.
Research note: The footage shows an identifiable, shirtless minor whose identity is unknown; copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights, so producers should weigh sensitive use and depiction of children carefully.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s boy digging on beach, vintage child wool swim trunks, 8mm family beach home movie, or postwar summer childhood footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's children playing with a beach ball in the water and the girls in 1940s swimsuits walking to camera, then other circa 1947 Long Island Sound shore scenes, then vintage beach-childhood clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy in yellow knitted wool trunks digging on a rocky beach, probably coastal Connecticut, circa 1947 home movie — A boy digs in the sand below grey boulders, circa 1947.
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Boy turns to look into the camera during beach play, likely on the Connecticut shore, circa 1947 colour home movie — Mid-dig, the boy looks back at the camera.
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The boy turns away and lowers his head toward the sand.

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Boy back at work digging in sand on a sunny summer beach, likely Long Island Sound in Connecticut, circa 1947 — The boy leans in and resumes digging with both hands.
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