United States-1958: Small Boy in a White Bathrobe Studies a New Toy by a Lit Christmas Tree

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
childhood
gift giving
family home life
holiday tradition
mid-century domestic life
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Dim home living room with a lit Christmas tree, a table of opened gifts and patterned curtains
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: Low, dim interior light with glowing coloured tree bulbs; underexposed with a green cast
People: 1 · One small dark-haired boy in a white bathrobe with yellow trim
Objects: white bathrobe · small red-and-white toy · Christmas tree · coloured tree bulbs · gift table · white box lid · wrapping paper · patterned curtains
Colors: dark green · off-white · red · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy stands at the gift table with one arm raised above his head.
He swings the arm down and turns toward the toy in his hands.
He bends his head and studies the small red-and-white toy.
He lifts his face and looks toward the camera.

Small Boy in a White Bathrobe Studies a New Toy by a Lit... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a small dark-haired boy in a white bathrobe with yellow trim standing at a table of opened presents near a lit Christmas tree. He lowers a raised arm, bends over a small red-and-white toy held in both hands, then looks up toward the camera. The single handheld 8mm shot is dim, grainy and slightly unsteady, with a green colour cast and coloured tree bulbs glowing at the right edge.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorHandheld
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: 800000709

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: 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 late-1950s American Christmas morning footage of a child with a new gift, for documentary, museum or holiday productions.
Period detail: The saturated colour reversal look, large coloured tree bulbs and the boy's terry-style bathrobe may show a late-1950s home Christmas, though no single object fixes the year.
Home-movie behavior: An unposed moment as a child, absorbed in a fresh gift, glances up at the family camera mid-play.
What appears in frame: A small boy in a white robe with yellow trim, a little red-and-white toy in his hands, a table of opened gifts, a white box lid, coloured bulbs on the tree and patterned curtains behind him.
Film character: Dim indoor 8mm colour with heavy grain, a green cast, soft focus and gentle handheld drift gives the clip a strong period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway in a Christmas sequence, with the look to camera giving a natural out-point or transition.
Historical context: Indoor family filming of Christmas morning around the tree was a common home-movie subject in mid-century America, and this clip follows that pattern.
Research note: The clip shows an identifiable minor inside a private home; the film copyright, the child's likeness and the private property are separate matters, and the boy's identity is unknown.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1950s Christmas morning home movie, child with toy by Christmas tree, vintage 8mm holiday footage or boy in bathrobe at Christmas.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's shots of a woman holding a baby and gifts being unwrapped, then with other circa 1958 American Christmas interiors, then with wider holiday childhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy in white robe raises an arm by a table of opened gifts and a lit Christmas tree, United States, circa 1958 — A boy in a white bathrobe raises one arm while standing at a table of opened Christmas gifts.
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With his arm lowered, the boy turns to the small toy in his hands.

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Small boy in a bathrobe studies a red-and-white Christmas toy in a dim living room, United States, circa 1958 — Head bowed, the boy studies the red-and-white toy cupped in his hands.
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Boy in a white robe looks toward the camera holding his new toy beside a lit Christmas tree, United States, circa 1958 — The boy looks up toward the camera, the new toy still in his hands.
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