California-1948: Smiling Bearded Elderly Man in Dark Suit Beside a Fussing Blond Baby

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 · California, United States

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What is in this clip

generations
old age and infancy
family affection
domestic life
postwar America
amateur filmmaking
portraiture

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Outside a building with a pale stucco wall, with wooden slatted furniture and a curved metal frame behind the sitters
Time and weather: daytime · clear, sunlit
Lighting: Natural daylight, bright on the faces with deep shadow in the dark suit
People: 2 · An elderly man with a grey beard, receding grey hair and round wire-rimmed glasses in a dark suit, white shirt and dark tie; a blond baby in pale clothing with a scrunched, fussing expression.
Objects: wire-rimmed glasses · dark suit · necktie · white shirt · wooden slats · curved metal frame · stucco wall
Colors: tan · black · grey · pale blond · violet
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The bearded man looks down smiling while the blond baby beside him scrunches its face.
The baby opens its mouth and fusses as the man keeps smiling.
The man lifts his face toward the camera, glasses catching the light, and the baby calms briefly.
The baby grimaces again and the man turns his head down toward it.
The man bows his head with a broad smile as the shot ends.

Smiling Bearded Elderly Man in Dark Suit Beside a... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1948 home movie footage of an elderly bearded man in round wire-rimmed glasses, a dark suit, white shirt and dark tie, seated close beside a blond baby. He smiles and looks down, apparently speaking, while the baby screws up its face and fusses, calms briefly, then grimaces again. The single close-up is held by hand for eight seconds against a pale stucco wall with wooden slats and a curved metal frame behind them. The 8mm colour film is soft, with warm tones and deep shadow in the suit.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000240

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: 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: California, 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: Suits requests for late-1940s American family life where an editor needs a close, candid image of an elder and an infant together on colour 8mm.
Period detail: The dark suit with wide white collar and round wire-rimmed glasses are consistent with the late 1940s, and the warm colour stock may show a Kodachrome-type film.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles and talks for the camera while the baby fusses regardless, the kind of unposed family moment a relative with a camera keeps rolling on.
What appears in frame: A grey-bearded man in round glasses and a dark suit, a blond baby in pale clothes, a pale stucco wall, wooden slats and a curved metal frame behind them.
Film character: Soft-focus handheld 8mm colour with visible grain, warm skin tones, a violet tint in the shirt shadows, crushed blacks in the suit and light dust specks.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or emotional insert, and as a close cutaway within a family-gathering sequence.
Historical context: It shows an elder dressed formally in suit and tie for an informal outdoor family visit, a common sight in amateur films of the period.
Research note: The people are unidentified private individuals with clearly visible faces, one a minor; copyright in the film is separate from likeness rights, which are not established.
Research search match: Elderly bearded man with baby 1940s, old man and infant 8mm colour home movie, fussing baby vintage footage, generations family close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the close portrait of the smiling bearded elder and the two mothers holding babies from this reel, then with other circa 1948 California family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Smiling grey-bearded man in a dark suit looks down beside a fussing blond baby, 8mm home movie, probably California, circa 1948. — The bearded elder smiles and looks down while the baby beside him screws up its face, circa 1948.
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Elderly man in round glasses and dark suit smiles toward the camera with a calmer blond baby at his side, probably California, circa 1948. — The elder lifts his face toward the camera as the baby settles for a moment.
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Grey-bearded elder turns toward a grimacing blond baby in a close 8mm colour shot, probably California, circa 1948. — The baby grimaces again and the man turns his head toward it.
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Elderly man with grey hair and beard bows his head smiling beside a blond baby at the end of a circa 1948 home movie shot, probably California. — The man bows his head with a broad smile as the shot ends, the baby partly out of frame.
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