New York-1963: Boy Emptying a Red Christmas Stocking at a Stone Fireplace

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · New York, United States

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What is in this clip

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

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld · slightly high angle
Setting: indoor · residential living room at a stone fireplace decorated for Christmas
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: flat artificial interior light, likely from photoflood lamps, with even exposure
People: 1 · One boy, roughly 9 to 12 years old, with short dark hair and a pale green short-sleeved button shirt.
Vehicles: bicycle
Objects: red Christmas stocking with white cuff · small boxed gift · stone fireplace surround · brass fireplace frame · brass fireplace tool · decorative wall plates · tinsel Christmas tree · bicycle with chrome headlamp
Colors: pale green · red · cream · tan · brass gold
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy holds his red stocking with a small boxed gift sticking out of the top.
He turns the stocking over and reaches inside for more items.
He pulls the stocking down and digs into the toe.
He holds the empty stocking up by its white cuff.
He drops the stocking and lifts a last small item.

Boy Emptying a Red Christmas Stocking at a Stone Fireplace — Clip Details

Probably New York State, circa 1963, home movie footage of a boy in a pale green short-sleeved shirt emptying a red Christmas stocking in front of a stone fireplace. He holds a small boxed gift, reaches deep into the toe for more, then holds the empty stocking up by its white cuff and lets it drop. Brass fireplace tools, round wall plates, the edge of a tinsel tree and a chrome bicycle headlamp frame the scene. It is filmed as one steady 8mm shot with slight handheld drift and a yellow-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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000862

Rights & Clearance

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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: 1963 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: New York, 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: This clip suits requests for authentic early-1960s American Christmas-morning footage of a child with a stocking, for documentaries, holiday features or nostalgia montages.
Period detail: The boy's short-sleeved pale green shirt and short haircut, the silver tinsel tree and a bicycle with a chrome headlamp by the hearth may all point to the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The boy is unposed and absorbed, rummaging through his stocking, turning it inside out and showing it empty, which is how children really behave on Christmas morning.
What appears in frame: The frame holds a boy in a pale green shirt, a red stocking with a white cuff, a stone fireplace with a brass frame, a brass fireplace tool, round wall plates, a tinsel tree edge and a chrome bicycle headlamp.
Film character: This is 8mm reversal film with fine grain, soft focus and a yellow-green colour shift that keeps the stocking red, shot from a mostly fixed handheld position.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a memory beat or cutaway inside a Christmas sequence, or as an opening insert that sets up Christmas morning before gift-unwrapping shots.
Historical context: Hanging stockings at the fireplace and leaving a bicycle as a gift were familiar American Christmas customs, and this home records them in a private family setting.
Research note: The boy is an identifiable minor, and the home interior and decorative wall plates are private property; likeness, property and any artwork issues are separate from the film copyright and should be judged for each use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1960s Christmas morning home movie, boy emptying Christmas stocking, vintage 8mm Christmas footage, or early 1960s child opening stocking by fireplace.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's Fun Chemistry set, basketball goal set, Build-It-Set and stocking-over-the-fire clips, then with this reel's World's Fair footage, then with other early-1960s Christmas-morning clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy holding a red Christmas stocking with a boxed gift at a stone fireplace, circa 1963, likely New York — A boy holds his Christmas stocking with a small boxed gift at the top, circa 1963.
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Boy reaching into an upturned red Christmas stocking by a fireplace, early-1960s home, probably New York — He turns the stocking over to search for more gifts.
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Boy pulling the last gifts from a red Christmas stocking at a stone hearth, circa 1963 8mm home movie — Digging into the toe of the stocking on Christmas morning.
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Boy showing his empty red Christmas stocking at a stone fireplace, circa 1963, likely New York State — The boy holds up his empty stocking by the cuff, circa 1963.
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