United States-1978: Man in Western Hat and Small Child Trade Snowballs Beside a Bare Tree

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · United States

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What is in this clip

winter play
snowball fight
childhood
family leisure
home life
1970s fashion
outdoor recreation

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Snowy backyard or rural lawn with patchy snow over brown grass, a large bare tree and leafless deciduous woods behind
Time and weather: day · winter · overcast, snow on the ground
Lighting: flat diffuse daylight
People: 2 · An adult man in a plaid flannel shirt, light western-style hat, gloves and jeans, and a small child in a pompom knit hat, light jacket, dark padded vest and dark trousers
Objects: snowballs · large bare tree · snow mound at tree base · western hat · pompom knit hat · padded vest · gloves
Colors: magenta · pale cyan white · brown · navy blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The child stands by the big bare tree as the man watches from the left edge.
The child crouches to scoop up snow.
The child straightens and throws a snowball toward the man.
The man winds up and throws back across the yard.
The child bends down again to gather more snow.

Man in Western Hat and Small Child Trade Snowballs... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1978, home movie footage shows a man in a plaid flannel shirt, western hat and jeans trading snowballs with a small child in a pompom knit hat and dark padded vest. The child crouches to scoop snow beside a large bare tree, then throws, while the man winds up and throws back from the left of the frame. Patchy snow, brown grass and leafless woods fill the background. The single wide shot comes from a nearly fixed handheld position on faded, magenta-shifted Super 8 colour film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 800000821

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: Serves requests for late-1970s American family winter footage, such as a childhood memory beat in a documentary or a nostalgic seasonal montage.
Period detail: The man's plaid flannel shirt, western hat and flared jeans, the child's pompom knit hat and padded vest, and the faded magenta Super 8 colour may show a late-1970s date.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of an adult and a small child playing in their own yard, with the child stooping clumsily for snow and throwing with full effort.
What appears in frame: A man in a plaid shirt and western hat at left, a small child in a pompom hat and vest at right, a thick bare tree trunk, a snow mound at its base, patchy snow and leafless woods.
Film character: Soft Super 8 grain, colour faded toward magenta and cyan, gentle handheld drift and an occasional fine vertical scratch give it an authentic amateur-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat in a family or childhood sequence, or as a wintry transition between seasons.
Historical context: Super 8, introduced in 1965, let ordinary families film everyday play like this until camcorders took over in the mid-1980s.
Research note: The people are unnamed and their relationship is not documented; likeness rights for the man and the minor are separate from film copyright, and the yard is private property.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1970s snowball fight home movie, Super 8 winter family footage, or vintage child playing in snow.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the other shots of this reel showing the snowman and the child running toward the woods, then with US winter home movies circa 1978, then with other family snow-play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Child in pompom hat crouching for snow by a bare tree, man in plaid at left, US backyard home movie circa 1978 — The child stoops to gather snow at the foot of the big tree, circa 1978.
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Man in western hat and plaid flannel faces a small child across a snowy yard, Super 8 home movie, US circa 1978 — Man and child face each other across the yard between throws.
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Man in plaid winds up a snowball throw as a child waits by a bare tree, faded Super 8 winter scene, US circa 1978 — The man winds up to throw back at the child by the tree.
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Child with a snowball beside a large bare tree, man in plaid shirt at left, winter home movie in the US circa 1978 — The child readies another snowball beside the tree near the end of the shot.
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