United States-1973: Toddler Picks Up and Throws a White Ball in a Bare Dirt Yard

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor play
ball games
family home movies
new home
summer
everyday life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Bare, dry graded dirt yard with curving tire tracks and sparse patches of dry growth
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny and dry
Lighting: Strong low-angle sunlight with long shadows
People: 1 · One fair-haired toddler in a red tank top with a colourful printed front, dark shorts, dark socks and brown shoes
Objects: white ball · red tank top · dark shorts · dark socks · brown shoes
Colors: tan brown · red · navy · warm orange
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The toddler crouches on hands and feet in the dirt.
The child stands up and walks away from the camera.
A white ball rolls into frame and the toddler turns toward it.
The toddler bends down and picks up the ball.
The child throws the ball to the left, then walks toward the camera.

Toddler Picks Up and Throws a White Ball in a Bare Dirt Yard — Clip Details

United States, circa 1973 home movie footage of a fair-haired toddler in a red tank top and dark shorts playing on a bare, sunlit dirt yard marked with curving tire tracks. The child crouches on hands and feet, stands and walks off, then turns toward a white ball that rolls into view. The toddler bends to pick it up, throws it off to the left and walks back toward the camera. It is filmed in one continuous handheld Super 8 shot that pans to follow the child.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000627

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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: 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: Serves requests for circa 1973 American childhood and family-life footage, giving a documentary or nostalgic montage an unstaged toddler-at-play moment.
Period detail: The toddler's red tank top with a printed front, dark shorts and the warm Super 8 colour may show early 1970s children's clothing and home-movie film stock.
Home-movie behavior: A parent follows a toddler absorbed in play, catching the crouch, the pickup, the throw and a glance back at the lens without any staging.
What appears in frame: A fair-haired toddler, a red tank top and dark shorts, a small white ball, bare dirt marked by tire tracks, and long shadows from low sun.
Film character: Visible grain, warm brown-red colour, slight softness, a faint vertical scratch and handheld reframing give the shot an authentic projected Super 8 texture.
Edit role: Works as a childhood memory beat, a cutaway inside a family sequence, or a transition, with the look to camera making a natural out-point.
Historical context: The bare graded ground, seen with a bulldozer elsewhere on the reel, suggests a family at a newly built home, captured on the popular Super 8 home-movie format.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the identifiable minor shown, and the yard is likely private property, so likeness and property permissions should be considered for each use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as Super 8 toddler playing with a ball, 1970s child in a dirt yard, vintage home movie of childhood play, and early 1970s American family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's clips of the father handing the toddler a ball, the toddler at the galvanized washtub, and father and toddler by the clapboard house, then with other circa 1973 US backyard and childhood play footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Toddler crouching on all fours in a bare dirt yard, United States, circa 1973, Super 8 home movie — A toddler crouches on hands and feet in a bare dirt yard marked with tire tracks.
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Fair-haired toddler in a printed red tank top standing in a sunlit dirt yard, United States, circa 1973 — The toddler stands and turns, looking down toward the ground.
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Toddler bending to pick up a white ball in a bare dirt yard, United States, circa 1973, Super 8 film — Bending low, the toddler reaches for a white ball on the dirt.
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Toddler walking toward the camera after throwing a ball in a dirt yard, United States, circa 1973 — After the throw, the toddler walks back toward the camera.
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