United States-1976: Kneeling Man Pitches to a Small Boy Swinging a Wooden Bat in a Yard

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 · United States

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What is in this clip

backyard baseball
childhood
family leisure
learning a sport
adult and child play
1970s home life
rural yard

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · rural backyard lawn beside a pale green shed, with a field and treeline beyond
Time and weather: day · spring · sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 2 · An adult man in a plaid shirt and light jeans kneeling on the grass, and a small boy in a navy puffy vest with yellow panels, light long-sleeved top and dark trousers holding a wooden bat.
Objects: wooden baseball bat · baseball · shed · ladder · metal frame · toys on grass · leafless young tree
Colors: green · violet blue · mint · purple
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy follows through on a swing while the kneeling man raises his hands.
The ball pops into the air above the batter.
The man holds a ball at his knee as the boy turns back with the bat.
The boy lifts the wooden bat over his shoulder.
The boy swings level across the frame toward the kneeling man.

Kneeling Man Pitches to a Small Boy Swinging a Wooden... — Clip Details

United States, circa 1976 home movie footage of backyard baseball on a sunny spring day. A man in a plaid shirt and jeans kneels on the lawn and tosses a ball to a small boy in a puffy vest. The boy swings a wooden bat and the ball pops into the air, then he lifts the bat again and swings level. A pale green shed, a leafless young tree, a ladder and a dark treeline frame the yard, filmed in one handheld Super 8 shot with soft focus and a strong blue-violet colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 800000649

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: 1976 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 circa 1976 American home-movie footage of a child learning to bat, useful for childhood, family-life and sports-history productions.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, light denim and quilted vest may show mid-1970s casual clothing, and the Super 8 colour rendition fits the same period.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a kneeling adult pitching gently while a small child swings with full effort, filmed by someone standing nearby in the yard.
What appears in frame: A kneeling man in plaid, a small boy in a puffy vest with a wooden bat, a ball in the air, a pale green shed, a leafless young tree, a ladder and a dark treeline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain and a strong blue-violet cast give the shot a distinct Super 8 texture under bright, hard sunlight.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat in a childhood or family sequence, or as a cutaway in a baseball-themed montage.
Historical context: Backyard batting practice between an adult and a young child appears here as everyday leisure in a rural American yard of the mid-1970s.
Research note: The film's copyright and the likeness of the adult and the identifiable minor are separate matters, and the private yard and shed may raise property considerations.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1970s backyard baseball, Super 8 family home movie, boy swinging bat, or vintage childhood sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's woman laughing with ball, boy fetching ball on lawn, toddler climbing swing set and children on swing set clips, then other circa 1976 yard footage, then backyard baseball themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1976 Super 8 still in a United States yard: kneeling man in plaid with hands raised while a small boy finishes a swing — A boy follows through on a swing as the kneeling pitcher raises his hands, circa 1976.
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Circa 1976 home movie still, United States: kneeling man holds a ball as a boy in a navy vest turns away with his bat beside a shed — The kneeling man readies another ball while the boy turns back toward the shed, circa 1976.
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Circa 1976 Super 8 frame from a United States yard: small boy swings a wooden bat level toward a kneeling man in plaid and jeans — Swinging level, the boy sends the wooden bat across the frame toward the kneeling pitcher, circa 1976.
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Circa 1976 family film still, United States: boy's bat extends across the frame past a kneeling man in plaid in a sunny spring yard — At the end of the swing the bat stretches across the frame as the man kneels with a ball in hand, circa 1976.
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