United States-1958: Small Boy in a Robe Fires a Sparking Toy Gun Among Christmas Gift Boxes

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
childhood play
new toys
family home life
gift giving
mid-century nostalgia
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · home interior floor scattered with opened gift boxes and wrapping paper on Christmas morning
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: dim artificial indoor light with deep shadows and bright sparks from the toy
People: 1 · One small boy, roughly preschool age, with short dark hair, wearing a white robe with gold trim over blue pajamas.
Objects: sparking toy pistol · cardboard gift boxes · patterned wrapping paper · white tissue bundle · white robe · blue pajamas
Colors: black · white · blue · red · tan
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy sits among opened gift boxes with one hand resting on his head.
He reaches to the floor and picks up a dark toy pistol.
He raises the toy toward the camera as sparks flash at the muzzle.
He lifts his hands up close to his face.

Small Boy in a Robe Fires a Sparking Toy Gun Among... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a small boy in a white robe over blue pajamas sitting on the floor among opened cardboard gift boxes and crumpled wrapping paper on Christmas morning. He rests a hand against his head, reaches down for a dark toy pistol and raises it toward the camera as sparks flash at the muzzle. He then lifts his hands up near his face. The single handheld 8mm shot is dim, grainy and softly focused.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000706

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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

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: 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: Serves requests for late-1950s American Christmas morning footage showing a child with a new toy, for documentary, museum or nostalgia productions.
Period detail: A spark-shooting toy pistol, plain cardboard gift boxes and floral-patterned wrapping paper may show a late-1950s Christmas morning.
Home-movie behavior: The boy plays to the camera unprompted, picking up his new toy and firing it straight at whoever is filming, a candid family moment.
What appears in frame: A small boy in a white robe over blue pajamas, a dark toy pistol throwing sparks, stacked cardboard gift boxes, red-patterned wrapping paper and a white tissue bundle on a dark floor.
Film character: Heavy grain, soft focus and low exposure give the colour 8mm image a warm, shadowy home-movie texture, with the sparks reading as bright white points.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or playful insert within a Christmas sequence, or as a cutaway on childhood toys.
Historical context: The scene reflects a familiar postwar home-movie subject, a child trying out a gift on Christmas morning, filmed by family on amateur colour stock.
Research note: The boy is a minor and his face is partly visible, so likeness permissions are separate from film copyright, and the scene shows a private home interior.
Research search match: Matches searches like 1950s Christmas morning home movie, boy with toy gun 8mm, vintage child opening presents, and retro sparking toy pistol footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Boy by the lit Christmas tree, then its Halloween jack-o'-lanterns and Party guests in party hats, then other late-1950s Christmas home movies.

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Boy in a white robe sits among opened Christmas gift boxes, hand on his head, United States, circa 1958 8mm home movie — A small boy in a white robe sits among opened gift boxes on Christmas morning, circa 1958.
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Boy in a robe reaches for a toy on the floor beside Christmas boxes, United States, circa 1958 home movie — The boy reaches down for a toy pistol lying among the gift wrapping.
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Boy aims a sparking toy gun at the camera on Christmas morning, United States, circa 1958 8mm film — Sparks flash as the boy points his new toy pistol straight at the camera.
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Boy in robe and blue pajamas lifts his hands to his face among Christmas boxes, United States, circa 1958 — The boy lifts his hands up near his face at the end of the shot.
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