United States-1972: Two Children in Winter Jackets Digging at a Backyard Sandbox

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor play
rural life
family home movies
cold-weather clothing
siblings and playmates
backyard

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld · eye level
Setting: outdoor · rural backyard lawn with a sandbox and metal shed, bordered by an evergreen hedge, with farm fields, a silo and low hills beyond
Time and weather: daytime · late autumn or winter · clear and sunny, cold
Lighting: low direct sunlight with long shadows across the lawn
People: 2 · Two small children in puffy winter jackets, one blue and one yellow, both wearing yellow and red knit caps with pom-poms; faces are small, soft and mostly turned away.
Objects: wooden sandbox frame · striped metal garden shed · red upright handle or post · bare young tree · large tree trunk · evergreen hedge · silo
Colors: cyan · magenta · yellow · blue · olive green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A child in a blue jacket stands by the striped shed while a child in a yellow jacket leans on a red handle at the sandbox.
The child in blue bends down toward the sand beside the other child.
Both children stay close together, one crouching low and one stooping over the sandbox.
The child in yellow stands a little straighter while the child in blue keeps digging.

Two Children in Winter Jackets Digging at a Backyard Sandbox — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1972 home movie footage shows two small children in puffy winter jackets and knit caps playing at a low wooden sandbox in a rural backyard. One child in a blue jacket and yellow cap stands beside a striped metal shed, then bends down next to a child in a yellow jacket who leans on a red upright handle. Both stay crouched over the sand for the rest of the shot. The camera holds a steady wide view from beside a dark tree trunk, with a bare young tree, an evergreen hedge, open fields, a silo and distant hills behind.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 800000580

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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: Helps with requests for unstaged early-1970s American childhood and rural backyard play, shot on Super 8.
Period detail: Puffy nylon jackets, pom-pom knit caps and a striped metal garden shed may show the early 1970s, though no dated object is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The children ignore the camera and stay absorbed in their digging, which gives the shot an unposed, observed quality.
What appears in frame: Two bundled-up children at a low wooden sandbox, a striped metal shed, a bare young tree, a dark tree trunk at frame left, an evergreen hedge, fields, a white silo and distant hills.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, dust specks against the sky and a colour shift toward magenta and cyan give it the texture of aged Super 8.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway for childhood and rural home life, steady enough to hold for its full eight seconds.
Historical context: The scene shows small children playing outdoors in cold weather on a rural property with farmland in view, a common home movie subject of the Super 8 years.
Research note: Two unidentified minors appear on private residential property with faces too soft to recognise; copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property considerations, which a user should weigh for commercial use.
Research search match: 1970s children playing in sandbox, Super 8 backyard home movie, kids in winter jackets outdoors, rural American yard with silo.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel of the same children on the lawn, then with reel C0007 which appears to show the same backyard, then with other 1970s childhood play footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1972 Super 8 frame from the United States: one child stands by a striped metal shed as another leans over a backyard sandbox, with a silo and hills behind. — Two children in winter jackets and knit caps at a backyard sandbox, United States, circa 1972.
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Circa 1972 home movie frame, United States: a child in blue bends to the sand beside a playmate in yellow, with an evergreen hedge and farm fields beyond. — The child in blue bends down to the sandbox beside the child in yellow, circa 1972.
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Faded Super 8 frame, United States, circa 1972: one child crouches in a rural backyard sandbox while the other stoops alongside, hills on the horizon. — Both children close together at the sandbox, one crouching and one stooping, circa 1972.
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United States, circa 1972, Super 8: a child in yellow stands with back to the camera over a crouching playmate at a sandbox, a white silo in the distance. — The child in yellow stands over the sandbox while the child in blue keeps digging, circa 1972.
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