United States-1977: Small Boy in Rainbow Tank Top Waving From a Swing Set Glider

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · United States

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What is in this clip

childhood
backyard play
summer leisure
family home movies
1970s fashion
playground equipment
nostalgia

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Backyard lawn with a metal swing set and glider, low shrubs in the background
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast or soft daylight
Lighting: soft natural daylight, slightly underexposed
People: 1 · One small boy with a bowl haircut, wearing a white tank top with purple trim, a red lower band and rainbow graphic, and patterned striped shorts.
Objects: swing set glider · hanger pole · swing chains · tubular metal frame · tank top · striped shorts
Colors: green · red · white · purple · magenta
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy smiles at the camera and waves from the glider seat.
He holds his hand up in a wave, gripping the hanger pole with the other.
He looks down and lifts one knee, shifting on the seat.
He settles back upright on the glider, face cropped at the top of frame.

Small Boy in Rainbow Tank Top Waving From a Swing Set Glider — Clip Details

United States, circa 1977, home movie footage of a small boy in a white, red and purple tank top with a rainbow print, seated on the glider of a metal backyard swing set. He grips a dark hanger pole with one hand, smiles and waves at the camera, then looks down and draws one knee up before settling back on the seat. The handheld Super 8 camera holds a close medium shot against a mown lawn, with swing chains and pale tubular bars behind him.

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: 800000701

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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: Answers requests for 1970s American childhood footage, giving documentaries and exhibits a genuine Super 8 moment of a child waving from backyard play equipment.
Period detail: The rainbow-print tank top with contrast trim, patterned shorts, bowl haircut and tubular metal swing set may show mid-to-late 1970s American family life.
Home-movie behavior: The boy's quick, slightly shy wave and his fidgeting on the seat are the unposed reactions of a child aware of a parent's camera.
What appears in frame: A small boy on a glider seat, his hand gripping a dark hanger pole, swing chains hanging behind, pale tubular frame bars, a mown lawn and a line of low shrubs.
Film character: Magenta-shifted reversal colour, visible grain, soft focus, a handheld frame that crops the head and a fine vertical scratch give the clip authentic Super 8 texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway insert, with the opening wave offering a natural in-point for a flashback or a montage of childhood.
Historical context: Backyard swing sets and home movie cameras were common in American family households of the 1970s, and this scene reflects that everyday summer setting.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the identifiable minor, whose identity is unknown, and the private backyard and printed shirt graphic may need their own review before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1970s boy waving on swing set, Super 8 backyard childhood, vintage glider swing home movie, or circa 1977 kids summer play.
Archive pairing path: Start with this reel's two boys on their swing set, then cut to children at a Ford pickup tailgate, a mother holding a child on the lawn or the boy running toward camera, before widening to other 1970s American backyard summer footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy smiling and beginning a wave from a backyard swing set glider in the United States, circa 1977, Super 8 — A small boy smiles as he starts to wave from the glider of a backyard swing set, circa 1977.
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Boy in rainbow-print tank top waving at the camera from a metal glider swing on a lawn, United States, circa 1977 — Mid-wave: the boy raises one hand toward the camera while gripping the glider's hanger pole.
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Child looking down and shifting his leg on a backyard glider swing in faded Super 8 colour, United States, circa 1977 — The boy looks down and draws up one knee as he shifts on the glider seat.
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Boy sitting upright on a 1970s-style metal swing set glider, face cropped, in a United States backyard, circa 1977 — Settled back on the seat, the boy holds the pole as the handheld frame crops his face.
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