United States-1958: Two Masked Children Below Lit Jack-o'-Lanterns on a Mantel

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States

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What is in this clip

Halloween
childhood
costumes and disguise
family holidays
home life
autumn tradition

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: indoor · Home interior with a fireplace mantel, dark hearth opening and patterned drapery
Time and weather: night · autumn
Lighting: Very low indoor light, with candlelight glowing through carved pumpkins and weak fill on the children
People: 3 · Two children in Halloween masks, one with a bearded mask and yellow costume and one in a pointed grey hood and red mask, plus a third costumed figure in yellow and red with a pointed hat
Objects: jack-o'-lanterns · fireplace mantel · Halloween masks · pointed hood · pointed hat · red-and-white object · patterned drapery
Colors: black · orange · red · olive green · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two lit jack-o'-lanterns glow on the mantel above two masked children.
A costumed figure in yellow and red moves in from the left.
The hooded child in a red mask stands below the pumpkins as the figure passes.
A pointed hat fills the left edge while both carved pumpkins keep glowing.

Two Masked Children Below Lit Jack-o'-Lanterns on a Mantel — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows two candle-lit jack-o'-lanterns resting on a mantel above a dark fireplace opening, with two children in Halloween masks standing below them. One child wears a bearded mask and a yellow costume, the other a pointed grey hood and a reddish face mask. Partway through, a third costumed figure in yellow and red with a pointed hat moves in from the left holding a red-and-white object. The single dim, handheld shot is grainy, with warm orange highlights.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorNight
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: 800000705

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: 1958 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: Supplies a short late-1950s American Halloween image of lit pumpkins and masked children for documentaries, exhibits and nostalgic holiday montages.
Period detail: The home-made costumes, molded masks and warm colour rendition may show a late-1950s family Halloween indoors.
Home-movie behavior: Children pose still in their disguises beneath the glowing pumpkins while another costumed child wanders into frame, an unstaged family moment.
What appears in frame: Two candle-lit carved pumpkins on a mantel, a dark fireplace opening, a child in a bearded mask, a hooded child in a red mask, a figure in a pointed hat and patterned drapery.
Film character: Heavy grain, deep underexposure and warm orange highlights from the candlelight give it the dim, glowing texture of projected 8mm colour film.
Edit role: Works as a Halloween establishing image, an atmospheric cutaway or a brief memory beat in a family holiday sequence.
Historical context: Shows the home side of mid-century American Halloween, with carved pumpkins displayed indoors and children in costume at the family hearth.
Research note: The film's copyright sits with the original family maker or its successors, while the masked minors and the private home raise separate likeness and property questions.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s Halloween home movie, vintage jack-o'-lanterns on mantel, masked children 8mm and retro trick-or-treat footage.
Archive pairing path: Start with this reel's Christmas morning clips, a boy firing a sparking toy gun and a boy beside a lit tree, then its party-hat guests, and afterward other late-1950s American Halloween home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two glowing carved pumpkins on a mantel above two masked children, circa 1958 Halloween home movie in the United States — Two lit jack-o'-lanterns sit on the mantel above two children in Halloween masks, circa 1958.
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Bearded-mask child in yellow beside a hooded child under lit pumpkins, 1950s American Halloween on 8mm film — A child in a bearded mask and a hooded child stand beneath the carved pumpkins.
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Figure in a yellow and red costume enters beside a hooded child under lit pumpkins, circa 1958 United States home movie — A third costumed figure in yellow and red moves in from the left past the hooded child.
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Pointed hat and a hooded, masked child under two glowing carved pumpkins, late-1950s Halloween in the United States — A pointed hat fills the left side as the hooded child stays below the glowing pumpkins.
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