United States-1972: Child in Red Cap Swinging on Backyard Swing Set Beside Baby

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · United States

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What is in this clip

childhood
backyard play
family life
siblings
home movies
domestic life
nostalgia

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level, slightly low
Setting: outdoor · Backyard beside a house with pale horizontal siding and white-trimmed windows, a metal swing set in the foreground and lawn behind
Time and weather: daytime · spring or autumn · dry, subdued light
Lighting: Dim, underexposed daylight with a strong blue-violet cast
People: 2 · A young child in a red jacket with white-striped cuffs, dark trousers and a red baseball cap with a white emblem, and a baby in a blue cap worn over a white bonnet.
Objects: metal swing set · swing chain · green and white spiral-striped poles · glider seat · house siding · windows · red baseball cap · blue baby cap
Colors: blue-violet · red · green · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A child in a red cap and jacket swings close to the camera, smiling, with the house wall behind.
The child swings back toward the left as a baby in a blue cap appears in the lower left corner.
The child rises high at the back of the arc while the baby's face in a white bonnet fills the lower left.
The child swings forward again, gripping the green pole and looking toward the camera.

Child in Red Cap Swinging on Backyard Swing Set Beside Baby — Clip Details

Probably in the United States, circa 1972 home movie footage shows a young child in a red jacket and red baseball cap swinging back and forth on a backyard swing set beside a house with pale horizontal siding. A baby in a blue cap and white bonnet sits in the near seat at the lower left edge of the frame. The handheld Super 8 camera holds a medium view as the child swings toward and away from the lens, smiling. The picture is dark and soft with a strong blue-violet cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 800000562

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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: 1972 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for early-1970s American family life, giving a brief unstaged view of children on a backyard swing set for documentary or flashback use.
Period detail: The metal swing set with green and white spiral-striped poles, the child's red jacket with striped knit cuffs and the baby's cap over a bonnet may show early 1970s domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The child smiles and looks toward the camera while swinging, an unposed moment filmed by someone standing close in the yard.
What appears in frame: A child in a red cap and jacket on a swing, a baby in a blue cap in the lower left, a swing chain, striped swing-set poles, a sided house wall with two windows and a patch of lawn.
Film character: Underexposed Super 8 with coarse grain, soft focus and a heavy blue-violet cast, shot handheld with loose framing that follows the swing.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or insert in a childhood or family montage, with enough motion to cut in or out on the swing's arc.
Historical context: The clip shows the kind of everyday backyard play that families recorded on Super 8, the popular home-movie format before videocassette cameras replaced it.
Research note: Two unidentified minors appear with visible faces and a private home is shown, so likeness and property permissions are separate from film copyright; the cap emblem is not legible.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1970s backyard swing set, Super 8 children playing, baby and child on swings, and vintage American family home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the earlier swing-set shots from the same reel showing the hills behind the yard, then with other early-1970s backyard and childhood play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1972 Super 8 frame, likely United States: smiling child in a red cap on a backyard swing set, baby in a blue cap at the lower left, sided house behind. — A child in a red cap swings beside a house while a baby in a blue cap sits in the near seat, circa 1972.
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Circa 1972 home movie frame, likely United States: child in red at the back of a swing's arc, baby in a blue cap below, lap-sided house with white-trimmed windows. — The child swings back and up toward the left as the baby's blue cap shows in the lower corner.
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Circa 1972 Super 8 frame, likely United States: baby in a blue cap and white bonnet in the foreground of a backyard swing set, older child in red swinging behind. — The baby's face, framed by a white bonnet under a blue cap, enters the foreground while the older child swings behind.
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Circa 1972 home movie frame, likely United States: child in a red cap and jacket swinging forward and looking at the camera, baby in a blue cap beside, house behind. — Swinging forward, the child in the red cap holds the green pole and looks toward the camera, circa 1972.
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