United States-1977: Woman in Glasses With a Small Child on Her Lap Smiles and Waves on a Lawn

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

family life
childhood
summer at home
1970s fashion
greeting the camera
backyard leisure

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · backyard lawn with tree shadows and the leg of a swing set
Time and weather: daytime · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright daylight with the subjects in soft light and dark tree shadows across the grass
People: 2 · A woman with short brown hair, glasses and a lavender sleeveless blouse seated with a small child with a bowl haircut and white top on her lap; a third person's bare foot briefly enters the top corner.
Objects: eyeglasses · sleeveless blouse · white top with purple trim · swing set leg
Colors: grass green · lavender · violet · white · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman faces the camera while the child on her lap rubs its face with one arm.
She tips her head back and looks up at the sky.
A bare foot dips into the top corner as she turns back toward the camera.
She looks into the lens and smiles.
She raises her right hand and waves.

Woman in Glasses With a Small Child on Her Lap Smiles... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1977, home movie footage shows a woman in glasses and a lavender sleeveless blouse seated on a sunlit lawn with a small child on her lap. She tips her head back to look at the sky while the child rubs its face with one arm, then she looks down at the camera, smiles and raises a hand to wave. A bare foot dips briefly into the top corner and a swing set leg crosses the left edge. The single handheld Super 8 shot is soft, with a magenta cast and hairs in the gate.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000703

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: 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 a request for authentic circa 1977 American home-movie footage of a woman and young child greeting the camera, suited to family-life, nostalgia and social-history productions.
Period detail: The woman's large eyeglasses, sleeveless blouse and short hairstyle and the child's bowl haircut may show 1970s casual dress, consistent with a Super 8 reel.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment: she gazes up at the sky, then notices the camera, smiles and waves while the child fidgets and rubs its face on her lap.
What appears in frame: A woman in glasses and a lavender blouse, a small child on her lap, a sunlit lawn, dark tree shadows on the grass, a patterned swing set leg at the left edge and a passing bare foot.
Film character: Soft handheld Super 8 with a magenta-violet colour cast, visible grain, and stray gate hairs and a fine scratch that mark it as a projected original reel.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or warm cutaway, ending on a wave that can close a family sequence or bridge two scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects the 1970s practice of filming relaxed family afternoons on home Super 8 cameras, a format Kodak introduced in 1965.
Research note: The woman and child are identifiable private individuals, including a minor, and the yard is private property; film copyright and personal likeness are separate questions, so suitable releases should be considered for each use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1970s Super 8 home movie woman waving, vintage mother and toddler on lawn footage, and seventies backyard family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's swing set, glider wave, Ford pickup tailgate and boy-running shots, then with other circa 1977 American backyard footage, then with family greeting-the-camera clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1977 Super 8 frame from the United States: woman in glasses holds a small child rubbing its face on a sunny lawn — A small child on a woman's lap rubs its face with one arm at the start of the shot.
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1970s home movie still in the USA: woman gazes skyward as a child with a bowl haircut peeks out from her lap — She tips her head back to look at the sky while the child peeks toward the camera.
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Circa 1977 American backyard Super 8 frame: smiling woman in glasses with a small child on her lap on the grass — Looking back down, the woman smiles into the lens with the child seated in front of her.
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1970s Super 8 home movie frame in the United States: woman waves to the camera with a child on her lap — She raises her right hand and waves to the camera at the end of the shot.
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