Pennsylvania-1973: Toddler in a Red Cap Winding Up and Throwing a White Ball

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationPennsylvania, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Pennsylvania, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
play
throwing a ball
1970s family life
summer outdoors
home movies
rural life

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · mown grass field with a sloping bank and a strip of bare earth, part of rural farmland
Time and weather: day · summer · clear, diffuse daylight
Lighting: natural daylight, soft and even
People: 1 · One young boy, roughly two to three years old, in a red cap worn backwards, a striped multicoloured tank top with red trim and dark shorts.
Objects: red cap · white ball · striped tank top · dark shorts
Colors: green · red · muted brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy holds a white ball up by his ear and looks at the camera.
He shifts his weight and draws the ball back to throw.
He throws, his arm blurring with the motion.
He lunges forward and sweeps out of focus past the lens.

Toddler in a Red Cap Winding Up and Throwing a White Ball — Clip Details

Probably rural Pennsylvania, circa 1973 home movie footage of a young child in a red cap worn backwards and a striped, multicoloured tank top standing on mown grass. He holds a white ball up beside his ear, looks straight at the camera, then winds up and throws, lunging forward until he blurs past the lens. The moment is filmed in one close, handheld Super 8 shot with faded green colour and visible 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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000602

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$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: Pennsylvania, 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 1970s colour footage of a small child at outdoor play, suited to childhood, family-life and nostalgia segments.
Period detail: The boy's striped multicoloured tank top with contrast trim and the faded Super 8 colour may show early 1970s American children's fashion and home filmmaking.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a toddler showing off for a parent's camera, pausing to make eye contact before throwing with full effort.
What appears in frame: A small boy in a backwards red cap, a white ball raised by his ear, a striped tank top with red trim, dark shorts, mown grass and a band of bare earth behind him.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with soft focus, heavy grain, a cool green cast, muted reds and a streak of motion blur as the throw happens give it a tactile period texture.
Edit role: Works as a quick memory beat or cutaway, and the forward lunge into blur can serve as a natural transition between scenes.
Historical context: Inexpensive Super 8 cameras, introduced in 1965, let families record ordinary backyard and farm moments like this child's play in colour.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the identifiable minor shown, who is unnamed; no logo is legible in this clip, and likeness use may need consideration for sensitive or commercial contexts.
Research search match: Searches like 'toddler throwing ball 1970s', 'Super 8 child red cap', 'vintage home movie kid playing outside' or 'circa 1973 family film' fit this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the rest of this reel and C0022 showing the same boy, then with other circa 1973 rural Pennsylvania farm footage, then with 1970s children-at-play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Toddler in a red cap and striped tank top holds a ball by his ear, likely rural Pennsylvania, circa 1973 Super 8 — A young boy raises a white ball beside his ear before throwing, circa 1973.
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Boy in a backwards red cap eyes the camera with a raised ball, circa 1973 home movie, probably Pennsylvania — The child looks straight into the lens, ball ready, on a mown field.
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Toddler draws back to throw on a grassy field, circa 1973 Super 8 film, likely rural Pennsylvania — Winding up: the boy pulls his arm back for the throw.
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Toddler in a red cap lunges forward after a throw, faded circa 1973 home movie from likely rural Pennsylvania — Follow-through: the boy leans forward after releasing the ball.
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