United States-1978: Young Man Kicking Through an Autumn Leaf Pile by a Tire Swing Tree

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · United States

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What is in this clip

autumn
yard play
family life
childhood memories
seasonal change
1970s America
home movies

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Grassy residential yard with a big leaf pile under a large tree with a tire swing, a white clapboard house, utility poles and wooded hills behind
Time and weather: day · autumn · overcast
Lighting: soft, flat daylight
People: 2 · A young man in a plaid shirt and blue jeans kicking through the leaves, and a small child partly hidden in the pile at lower left
Objects: leaf pile · tire swing · tree trunk · white clapboard house · utility poles · bare trees
Colors: cyan-green · brown · violet-blue · ochre
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The young man stands at the edge of the pile while a small child peeks up at lower left.
He steps into the pile and starts kicking through it.
Arms spread wide, he wades through the deepest part of the pile.
He kicks a leg high and leaves scatter around him.
He moves on past the tire swing tree toward the left of the frame.

Young Man Kicking Through an Autumn Leaf Pile by a Tire... — Clip Details

United States, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a young man in a plaid shirt and blue jeans striding into a deep pile of fallen autumn leaves beside a large tree with a tire swing. He throws his arms out for balance and kicks his way through while a small child peeks up from the pile at lower left. A white clapboard house, utility poles and wooded hills stand behind. The single handheld Super 8 shot is taken from a low angle, with soft focus and a strong cyan-green colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 800000736

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: 1978 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: Helps any production that needs authentic late-1970s American autumn yard footage to set the season or bring back family memories.
Period detail: The plaid shirt and plain blue jeans, the tire swing and the faded cyan-shifted Super 8 colour may point to the late 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: An unposed moment of a young man clowning through a raked leaf pile while a small child watches from inside it, filmed by someone crouched at ground level.
What appears in frame: A young man in plaid and jeans, a deep pile of brown leaves, a tree trunk with a hanging tire swing, a small child's head at lower left, a white clapboard house and wooded hills behind.
Film character: Soft focus, motion blur and a strong cyan-green colour shift on Super 8 reversal stock, with a stray hair line in the sky that gives an aged home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short seasonal cutaway, a memory beat, or a playful transition between autumn family scenes.
Historical context: Raking leaves into a pile and playing in it is a familiar fall ritual in American yards, and Super 8 was a common way families recorded such afternoons in the 1970s.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness rights of the young man and the minor shown, and the private house and yard are visible; faces are blurred but the people could still be recognized by family, so check likeness and property before use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as '1970s Super 8 autumn leaves', 'man kicking leaf pile home movie' and 'vintage tire swing backyard fall'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's clip of children playing in the autumn leaf pile, then with other circa-1978 US yard footage, then with seasonal autumn and family-play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1978 Super 8 still in the United States: young man nearing an autumn leaf pile by a tire swing tree as a small child peeks out — A young man walks toward the leaf pile while a small child peeks out at lower left, circa 1978.
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Circa 1978 home movie, United States: a young man spreads his arms and kicks through autumn leaves beside a tire swing tree — Arms outstretched, he kicks his way into the pile of fallen leaves.
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Late-1970s Super 8 frame in a US yard: young man in plaid and jeans wades through a deep autumn leaf pile, blurred by motion — Motion blur as the young man wades through the deepest part of the pile, circa 1978.
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Circa 1978 Super 8 autumn scene in the United States: young man kicks a leg through the leaf pile past a tire swing tree — He kicks a leg through the pile and heads past the tire swing tree.
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