United States-1973: Toddler in Red Cap Holding a White Ball and Looking at the Camera

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
play
family memories
summer
posing for the camera
1970s fashion
outdoor leisure

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · mown grass lawn with a low turf ridge in the background
Time and weather: day · summer · clear, bright daylight
Lighting: natural daylight, flat and even
People: 1 · One toddler in a red cap, a multicoloured striped sleeveless top with red trim and dark shorts, holding a white ball and looking at the camera.
Objects: white ball · red cap · striped tank top · dark shorts
Colors: green · red · navy blue · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A toddler in a red cap stands on the lawn holding a white ball and facing the camera.
The child sways slightly, mouth open, eyes on the lens.
The toddler still grips the ball at waist height as the shot ends.

Toddler in Red Cap Holding a White Ball and Looking at... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1973, home movie footage shows a toddler in a red cap standing on a mown lawn and holding a white ball in both hands at waist height. The child wears a multicoloured striped tank top with red trim and dark shorts, looks straight into the lens and sways slightly while standing. The single handheld medium shot is soft in focus, with heavy grain and a strong green-cyan cast from faded colour stock.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000601

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

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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: Fits requests for circa-1970s American childhood footage, giving documentary, museum and commercial editors a short shot of a toddler posing outdoors with a ball.
Period detail: The striped sleeveless top, red cap and faded green-shifted colour stock may show a 1970s amateur colour film, though nothing in the frame dates it precisely.
Home-movie behavior: The toddler holds still for a family camera operator and looks into the lens, an unstaged moment of a small child obliging a request to pose.
What appears in frame: A toddler in a red cap, a striped tank top with red trim, dark shorts, a white ball held at the waist, a mown lawn and a low ridge of turf behind.
Film character: Heavy grain, soft focus, slight handheld sway and a strong green-cyan fade with surviving reds give the shot an unmistakable aged home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat, a cutaway during narration about early childhood, or a transition shot built around the child's direct look at the lens.
Historical context: The shot reflects how families used small-gauge home-movie cameras to record young children at play before camcorders became common in the 1980s.
Research note: The identifiable minor is unnamed and has no likeness release; copyright in the film is separate from personality rights, and no clearance is implied by this listing.
Research search match: vintage home movie toddler with ball, 1970s child looking at camera, faded colour family film childhood, retro kid in red cap on lawn
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the walking shot of the same toddler earlier on this reel, then with other circa 1973 lawn and backyard reels from the same transfer session, then with other childhood play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Smiling toddler in a red cap holding a white ball on a lawn in the United States, circa 1973 home movie — A toddler in a red cap holds a white ball on a mown lawn, circa 1973.
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Toddler in a striped sleeveless top grips a white ball on grass, faded green colour film, circa 1973, USA — The child grips the ball with both hands and looks toward the lens.
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Child in a red cap looks straight into the camera holding a ball, grainy 1970s-era home movie in the United States — A direct look into the camera from a toddler in summer clothes, circa 1973.
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Soft-focus toddler holding a white ball on a lawn with a green-cyan colour fade, United States, circa 1973 — The toddler stands holding the ball as the shot ends, the faded stock casting the scene green.
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