United States-1973: Shirtless Man and Two Toddlers Splashing in a Calm Pond

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · United States

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What is in this clip

summer childhood
water play
adult supervision
family leisure
learning to wade
outdoor recreation
1970s domestic life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · slightly high angle from the bank, eye level to the standing man
Setting: outdoor · Calm pond or slow water with a grassy bank in the foreground and a dark, shaded far bank
Time and weather: daytime · summer · dry, soft light
Lighting: soft, shaded natural daylight with reflections on the water
People: 3 · A dark-haired adult man with sideburns, shirtless in dark blue swim trunks, and two blond toddlers, one in red swim trunks.
Objects: red swim trunks · blue swim trunks · grass on the bank
Colors: violet · dark blue · teal · red · pale skin tones
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A shirtless man bends over one toddler in the pond while a second, in red trunks, crouches in the shallows nearer the camera.
The toddler in red trunks stands, swings both arms and throws water into the air as the man watches.
The man puts his hands on his hips while the two toddlers stand close together in the water.
One toddler tumbles forward into the shallows and the man reaches a hand toward the children.
The toddler in red trunks raises both arms again and splashes beside the smiling man.

Shirtless Man and Two Toddlers Splashing in a Calm Pond — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1973 home movie footage shows a shirtless man in dark blue swim trunks standing thigh-deep in a calm pond with two blond toddlers. One child in red trunks wades with their back to the camera, raises both arms and throws up a splash, while the second bobs and tumbles in the shallows nearby. The man bends, reaches toward them and smiles. It is a single handheld Super 8 shot from the grassy bank, with a violet-blue colour cast and soft grain.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000586

Rights & Clearance

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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: 1973 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 unstaged early-1970s American summer childhood footage, such as a family swim scene for a documentary or memoir sequence.
Period detail: The man's sideburns and full haircut, the toddlers' longish blond hair and the plain swim trunks may show the early 1970s; no dated object appears.
Home-movie behavior: The adult ignores the camera and keeps his attention on the toddlers, reaching out and smiling as they splash and tumble, which gives the scene its unposed quality.
What appears in frame: A shirtless man in blue swim trunks, two blond toddlers, one in red trunks, rippling dark pond water, flying splashes, a fringe of bank grass and a shaded far bank.
Film character: Super 8 colour shifted toward violet and blue, with soft grain, gentle focus, slight handheld drift and a hair in the gate around the seven-second mark.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or short insert in a childhood or summer montage, and the rippling water gives a soft point to cut on.
Historical context: The clip shows informal open-water swimming with very young children watched by an adult at arm's length, in an unnamed pond rather than a built pool.
Research note: The people are unidentified; an adult's face and two minors in swimwear are visible, so likeness and sensitivity questions are separate from the film copyright.
Research search match: 1970s Super 8 home movie toddlers splashing in pond, man wading with small children, vintage summer swimming hole family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the autumn leaf-pile clips from the same reel for a seasons contrast, then with other circa 1973 American family footage or childhood water play.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1973 Super 8 frame, United States: a shirtless man leans toward two blond toddlers in a calm pond, one crouching in red trunks. — A man in blue swim trunks bends toward two toddlers in the shallows of a pond, circa 1973.
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Circa 1973 Super 8 frame, United States: a toddler in red trunks throws up a splash with both arms as a smiling man stands in the pond. — A toddler in red trunks raises both arms and flings water into the air while a man watches, circa 1973.
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Circa 1973 Super 8 frame, United States: a toddler in red trunks tumbles in the shallows as a man steps closer, with a hair in the gate. — One toddler tumbles in the shallows as the man moves in, with a hair in the film gate visible, circa 1973.
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Circa 1973 Super 8 frame, United States: a blond toddler in red trunks wades through a pond toward a man in blue swim trunks. — A toddler in red trunks wades out toward the man standing in the pond, circa 1973.
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