United States-1977: Boy in a Red Toy Fireman's Helmet Grins and Waves Beside a Wading Pool

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1977 · United States · Reel 8add5aed contains 4 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
summer play
dress-up
backyard leisure
home movies
1970s suburban life
pretend firefighting

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · suburban backyard lawn with a plastic wading pool
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast or soft daylight
Lighting: soft natural daylight
People: 2 · A young boy in a red toy fireman's helmet, striped number 12 tank top and dark shorts, and a toddler in a white tank top with red trim and a partly visible number 22
Objects: red toy fireman's helmet · blue corrugated wading pool · green watering can · kettle grill · aluminium webbed lawn chair · yellow toys on the grass · red plastic toy on the pool rim
Colors: violet blue · olive green · red · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Boy in a red toy fireman's helmet bends at the wading pool rim beside a toddler with a watering can.
The boy stands up with his back to the camera.
He turns to face the camera, showing his striped number 12 tank top.
He grins into the lens and waves.
He turns back toward the toddler holding the watering can.

Boy in a Red Toy Fireman's Helmet Grins and Waves Beside... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1977, home movie footage shows a boy in a red toy fireman's helmet and a striped number 12 tank top at the edge of a blue backyard wading pool. He bends at the rim, stands, turns to face the camera, grins and waves, then turns back toward a toddler holding a green watering can. A kettle grill, an aluminium webbed lawn chair and a grassy slope fill the background. It is one handheld Super 8 shot at medium distance, with soft focus and faded, magenta-shifted colour.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000678

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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: 1977 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 and backyard summer footage, with a direct-to-camera grin and wave for documentary, education or nostalgic commercial work.
Period detail: The numbered striped jersey-style tank tops, webbed aluminium lawn chair, kettle grill and corrugated plastic wading pool may show a mid-to-late 1970s suburban yard.
Home-movie behavior: The boy breaks off from play to grin and wave at whoever holds the camera, an unstaged moment of a child performing for a family filmmaker.
What appears in frame: A boy in a red toy fireman's helmet and number 12 tank top, a toddler holding a green watering can, a blue wading pool, a kettle grill, a webbed lawn chair and yellow toys on the grass.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with soft focus, visible grain, and colour faded toward magenta and violet, giving the scene a warm period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or a character close in a childhood montage, or as a cheerful cutaway between wider backyard shots.
Historical context: Super 8 was the main home-movie format from the late 1960s into the early 1980s, and backyard play like this was one of the most common subjects families filmed.
Research note: Two identifiable minors appear on private residential property, so likeness and property permissions are separate from the film's copyright, and no names or relationships are known.
Research search match: Researchers may find it with searches like 'boy in toy fire helmet waving', '1970s backyard wading pool Super 8' or 'vintage kids summer home movie'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's swing set, grinning boy and watering can clips, then with other circa 1970s American backyard footage, then with childhood dress-up and summer play themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Toddler with a green watering can and a boy in a red toy fire helmet by a blue wading pool in a US backyard, circa 1977 — The boy in the toy fireman's helmet turns away from the camera as the toddler holds a green watering can by the pool.
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Boy in a red toy fire helmet and number 12 tank top turns to the camera by a backyard wading pool in the United States, circa 1977 — Facing the camera, the boy shows his striped number 12 tank top while the toddler looks down at the watering can.
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Grinning boy in a red toy fireman's helmet beside a wading pool, kettle grill behind, in an American backyard circa 1977 — The boy grins into the lens beside the pool, with a kettle grill and a webbed lawn chair on the lawn behind him.
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Boy in a red toy fire helmet reaches toward a smiling toddler beside a blue wading pool in a US backyard, circa 1977 — After waving, the boy turns back toward the smiling toddler and reaches out an arm.
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