United States-1956: Children Swinging High on a Red Metal Backyard Swing Set

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
family life
backyard play
summer leisure
mid-century America
home movies
outdoor recreation

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · residential backyard with trees, shrubs and lawn beside a clapboard house
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright sun with heavy dappled shade under trees
People: 6 · Several small children on a swing set, including a girl in a light top and jeans, a child in a blue cap and red jacket, a toddler at the left, and an older figure standing in the background near the trees.
Objects: red metal swing set · swing seats · swing chains · caps · red jacket · clapboard house wall
Colors: deep green · blue · red · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Children in caps ride the swings while a toddler sways at the left.
A girl in a light top swings high toward the camera, smiling.
A child in a blue cap swings close past the lens.
The girl swings forward again beside the child in the red jacket.
She rises high once more as the toddler rides at the left.

Children Swinging High on a Red Metal Backyard Swing Set — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1956, home movie footage shows several small children riding a red metal swing set in a shady, leafy backyard in summer. A girl in a light top and jeans swings high toward the camera while a child in a blue cap and red jacket rides the next seat and a toddler sways at the left. The corner of a clapboard house shows behind the trees. It is one steady, slightly handheld wide shot on 8mm colour film with a strong blue cast.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000656

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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: 1956 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 1950s-era American childhood and backyard play footage for documentaries, education pieces and nostalgic montages.
Period detail: The red metal swing set, children's caps and jackets, clapboard siding and the blue-cast colour stock may show a mid-1950s American home.
Home-movie behavior: A parent's unstaged view of children at play, with a girl grinning as she swings toward the camera and others riding beside her.
What appears in frame: A red metal swing set with angled poles, a girl in a light top and jeans, a child in a blue cap and red jacket, a toddler on a seat, a clapboard house corner and dense summer foliage.
Film character: Small-gauge colour film with a strong blue cast, deep shadow, saturated greens and reds, visible grain, soft focus and a slight handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a childhood memory beat, a montage insert or a cutaway in sequences about family life and summers at home.
Historical context: Backyard play sets and home colour film were both part of many American family households in this period, and this clip records one such ordinary afternoon.
Research note: The children are unidentified minors with some visible faces in a private backyard, so likeness and property considerations apply separately from the film's copyright.
Research search match: 1950s children on swing set, vintage 8mm backyard home movie, mid-century kids playing outside, retro family summer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's father holding a baby beside children on swings, swimming lesson and motorboat clips, then with other circa 1956 US backyard footage and childhood play themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Children in caps on a red metal backyard swing set in summer shade, United States, circa 1956, 8mm home movie. — Children in caps sit on the swings under leafy trees in a family backyard, circa 1956.
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Smiling girl swinging high on a red metal swing set in a leafy US backyard, circa 1956, vintage 8mm film. — A girl in jeans swings high toward the camera beside a child in a blue cap, circa 1956.
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Toddler and children in caps on backyard swings in dappled summer light, United States, circa 1956 home movie. — A toddler sways at the left while two children in caps ride the middle seats, circa 1956.
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Girl swinging high by a clapboard house on a red metal swing set, United States, circa 1956, blue-cast 8mm film. — The girl swings forward again as the corner of a clapboard house shows behind the trees, circa 1956.
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