United States-1958: Small Boy in a White Robe Crouches at Presents by a Lit Christmas Tree

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
childhood
gift giving
family holidays
home life
mid-century domestic interior

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: indoor · domestic room with a decorated Christmas tree and wrapped presents
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: dim interior light, mainly from Christmas tree bulbs
People: 1 · One small boy in a white robe, first standing, then crouching among presents.
Objects: Christmas tree · tinsel strands · large coloured bulbs · silver ball ornament · wrapped presents · floral gift wrap · gift box · plaid fabric · small yellow object
Colors: dark green · white · orange · blue · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A small boy in a white robe stands beside the lit tree holding a small yellow object.
He turns toward the tree and the presents.
He crouches low among the wrapped gifts at the foot of the tree.
He reaches into a box beside a floral-wrapped package.
He stays bent over the presents as the shot ends.

Small Boy in a White Robe Crouches at Presents by a Lit... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a small boy in a white robe standing beside a lit Christmas tree hung with tinsel and large coloured bulbs, holding a small yellow object. He turns away, then crouches low among wrapped presents at the foot of the tree and works at a box. The single handheld shot is dim and grainy, lit mostly by the tree, with the camera drifting slightly to follow him.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000707

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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: 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: Answers requests for authentic circa 1958 American Christmas morning footage, showing a child among presents by a lit tree for documentary, education or nostalgic commercial use.
Period detail: The tinsel strands, large coloured bulbs and simple wrapped boxes may show late-1950s holiday decorating, though no single object fixes the year.
Home-movie behavior: The boy goes about his own business with the gifts, turning his back to the camera and crouching, an unposed moment a family filmed for itself.
What appears in frame: A small boy in a white robe, a dark tree hung with tinsel and big coloured bulbs, a silver ball ornament, a floral-wrapped package, a gift box and a plaid fabric near the floor.
Film character: Heavy grain, low exposure and soft focus from tree-lit 8mm colour film give the shot a warm, flickering home-movie texture with a gently drifting handheld frame.
Edit role: Works as a Christmas memory beat, a cutaway inside a holiday sequence, or a short insert behind narration about childhood holidays.
Historical context: The scene reflects a domestic Christmas morning with a decorated tree and gifts, filmed on 8mm colour film, a format available to home moviemakers since 1936.
Research note: The film's copyright and the boy's likeness are separate matters; the child is a minor shown in a private home, and no identity or family name is known.
Research search match: Fits searches like 1950s Christmas morning home movie, boy by Christmas tree 8mm, vintage child opening presents, and tinsel tree coloured lights footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's boy with the sparking toy gun at Christmas, then its Halloween jack-o'-lanterns and party-hat guests, then other late-1950s Christmas interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1958 home movie still in the United States: boy in a white robe stands by a tinsel Christmas tree with large coloured bulbs — A small boy in a white robe stands beside the lit Christmas tree, United States, circa 1958.
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Circa 1958 8mm frame from a US home: a robed boy bends toward presents under a Christmas tree twinkling with tinsel and bulbs — The boy crouches at the foot of the tree, its tinsel and coloured bulbs glowing above him.
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Christmas morning circa 1958 in the United States: robed child crouched beside floral-wrapped gift beneath a lit tinsel tree — Among the presents: a floral-wrapped package sits beside the crouching boy.
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Dim 8mm home movie frame, United States circa 1958: boy in robe reaches into a box among presents near the Christmas tree — The boy stays bent over a box among the presents as the shot ends.
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