United States-1952: Little Girl Eating Birthday Cake Beside a Candy Cup, Seen From Above

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 · United States

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What is in this clip

birthday party
childhood
family celebration
mid-century domestic life
food and treats
holiday season

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: indoor · home dining table at a birthday party
Time and weather: unknown (indoor artificial light) · winter
Lighting: indoor artificial light with a warm magenta cast
People: 1 · A young dark-haired girl with straight bangs wearing a light patterned top with red trim, seated at the table eating cake.
Objects: cake slice · floral paper plate · red-and-white candy cup · colourful candies · printed tablecloth · eating utensil
Colors: pink · white · red · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Overhead view of a cake slice on a floral paper plate beside a candy cup, with a child's hand at the edge.
The camera drifts up to show the little girl's face at the table edge.
She lifts a utensil to her mouth and chews her cake.
She lowers her head toward the plate as the shot ends.

Little Girl Eating Birthday Cake Beside a Candy Cup,... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1952, home movie footage looks down on a birthday party table where a dark-haired little girl with bangs eats cake. The handheld 8mm camera first frames a slice of white-frosted cake on a floral paper plate beside a red-and-white candy cup, with the girl's hand at the plate's edge. The view drifts up as she lifts a utensil to her mouth and chews, then lowers her head toward the plate. A red and blue fruit-print tablecloth fills the frame under a warm, pink-leaning colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 800000233

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: 1952 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for authentic early 1950s American footage of a child's birthday party, useful in documentaries on postwar family life and childhood.
Period detail: A floral paper party plate, a red-and-white candy cup of sweets and a boldly printed fruit tablecloth may show early 1950s party tableware and linen styles.
Home-movie behavior: The girl simply eats and chews without posing, giving an unguarded look at a child absorbed in her cake while a relative films over her shoulder.
What appears in frame: A slice of white-frosted cake on a floral paper plate, a candy cup full of colourful sweets, a red and blue fruit-print tablecloth, a child's hand, and a dark-haired girl with bangs.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with visible grain, a warm pink-magenta cast and a stray hair at frame left gives the shot a genuine projected home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat inside a birthday sequence, or as a cutaway from candle-blowing and party-guest shots.
Historical context: The clip reflects the home-based children's birthday party, with paper tableware and sweets at each place, as filmed by families on 8mm in the early postwar years.
Research note: The film copyright, the likeness of an identifiable minor and the private home setting are separate matters, and the girl and family are unidentified, so use calls for appropriate caution.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s girl eating birthday cake, vintage 8mm birthday party table, and early 1950s American children's party home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with 'boy blowing out birthday cake candles', 'pineapple-glazed baked ham' and 'Boys with toy black cat figures' from this reel, then other circa 1952 US interiors, then birthday-themed footage.

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Birthday cake slice on a floral paper plate with a candy cup on a printed tablecloth, United States, circa 1952 — A slice of birthday cake and a cup of sweets wait at a child's place on a printed tablecloth, circa 1952.
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