United States-1977: Baby in Blue Snowsuit Waving From a Pile of Autumn Leaves

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · United States

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What is in this clip

childhood
autumn
family home movies
greeting the camera
outdoor play
nostalgia
1970s domestic life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · slightly high angle looking down at the seated child
Setting: outdoor · leaf-covered backyard lawn
Time and weather: daytime · autumn · dry, cool-season conditions
Lighting: soft, even daylight
People: 1 · One baby in a blue hooded snowsuit with white drawstrings and a dark maroon knit cap, seated in leaves, smiling and waving.
Objects: leaf pile · fallen leaves · hooded snowsuit · knit cap · lawn
Colors: blue · brown · rust orange · yellow · green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A baby in a blue snowsuit sits in a leaf pile with one hand raised in a wave.
The arm lowers and reaches forward as the child keeps smiling at the camera.
The hand comes up again for a second open-palm wave.
The hand drops and the baby leans forward, still looking into the lens.

Baby in Blue Snowsuit Waving From a Pile of Autumn Leaves — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1977 home movie footage shows a baby sitting in a deep pile of fallen autumn leaves. Dressed in a blue hooded snowsuit with white drawstrings and a dark knit cap, the child smiles and waves an open hand toward the camera, lowers the arm, then waves again. The single handheld Super 8 shot holds a medium close view from slightly above, with brown, orange and yellow foliage filling the frame and a strip of green lawn along the top edge.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000591

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: 1977 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 authentic circa 1977 American childhood footage, especially a baby greeting the camera in an autumn setting.
Period detail: The one-piece hooded snowsuit with drawstrings, the knit cap and the saturated Super 8 colour may show mid to late 1970s children's wear and film stock.
Home-movie behavior: The baby waves straight at the person filming, drops the hand and waves again, an unprompted-looking response to a familiar face behind the camera.
What appears in frame: A baby in a blue hooded snowsuit and dark knit cap, a raised open hand, a deep bed of brown and yellow fallen leaves, and a strip of green grass at the top.
Film character: Soft focus, visible Super 8 grain, rich blue and rust colour, slight handheld drift and a few dust specks give it a clear small-gauge texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or insert, and the wave can open or close a childhood montage as a hello or goodbye.
Historical context: It records an ordinary family moment of a child in raked leaves, the kind of seasonal backyard scene often filmed on Super 8 after the format's 1965 launch.
Research note: The child's face is recognisable and the person is unidentified, so likeness permission is a separate question from copyright in the film, and commercial use calls for caution.
Research search match: Baby waving at camera, baby in leaf pile, 1970s Super 8 home movie, autumn backyard childhood, vintage snowsuit, smiling infant outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's brothers playing in the leaf pile and boy on a backyard swing, then with other 1970s autumn backyard or baby home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1977 Super 8 frame of a baby in a blue hooded snowsuit waving an open palm from a leaf pile, United States. — A baby in a blue snowsuit waves at the camera from a pile of autumn leaves, circa 1977.
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Smiling baby in a blue snowsuit lowering an arm toward the camera in autumn leaves, United States home movie, circa 1977. — The baby lowers the waving arm and reaches forward, still smiling at the lens.
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Baby in a knit cap and blue snowsuit waving a second time from raked leaves in a United States backyard, circa 1977 Super 8. — A second wave from the leaf pile, with a yellow leaf lying in the foreground.
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Circa 1977 home movie frame of a baby in a blue snowsuit leaning toward the camera, hands down, in fall leaves, United States. — The wave over, the baby leans forward in the leaves and keeps looking into the camera.
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