United States-1958: Little Girl Laughing as She Shows Off Two Hand Puppets

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1958–1964 · United States · Reel f156f43a contains 15 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
play
toys
gifts
family home life
joy
1950s domestic life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · eye level
Setting: indoor · Home living room with a red floral upholstered armchair, wood-panelled wall, bookshelves, a red carpet and a bright lamp or window at the top of the frame
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: Artificial indoor light, probably a movie light, on the child, with bright light at the top of the frame and darker surroundings
People: 1 · A young girl of preschool age with curly brown hair, wearing a dark striped dress with red and white stripes, a white Peter Pan collar and a red belt with round silver buttons
Objects: mouse-head hand puppet · white plush hand puppet · floral armchair · bookshelf · wood panelling · lamp or window light · red carpet
Colors: red · dark brown · white · pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl holds a mouse hand puppet and a white plush puppet up to the camera, smiling.
She raises both puppets higher and grins widely.
She bursts out laughing with her eyes shut, pressing the white toy close to her face.
Still smiling, she turns her head aside with the puppets held out.

Little Girl Laughing as She Shows Off Two Hand Puppets — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a little girl with curly brown hair holding up two hand puppets to the camera in a living room. On her right hand is a pink puppet with a grey mouse head and a red bow; on her left is a fluffy white plush puppet. She lifts them, bursts out laughing with her eyes shut, then turns her head aside, still smiling. It is one handheld 8mm shot, framed at waist height against a red floral armchair and wood-panelled shelves.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000969

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

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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: This clip suits requests for late-1950s American childhood, such as a child laughing with new toys at home, for documentaries, education programmes and nostalgia montages.
Period detail: The white Peter Pan collar, the striped full-skirted dress with a buttoned red belt, the floral upholstery and the wood panelling may show a late-1950s American home.
Home-movie behavior: A parent films a small girl showing off her puppets, and her eyes-shut burst of laughter is unprompted and unposed.
What appears in frame: A curly-haired girl holds a pink mouse-head hand puppet and a fluffy white plush puppet, with a red floral armchair, wood-panelled shelves, a red carpet and a bright light above.
Film character: Saturated colour on 8mm film, with visible grain, slight flicker, soft focus and fine vertical scratches, gives the shot a period texture.
Edit role: Use it as a short memory beat or character cutaway in a sequence about childhood, gifts or family life.
Historical context: Colour home movies of children with new toys were a common family subject once 8mm colour film was widely available, and this shot reflects that habit.
Research note: The film and the girl's likeness are separate rights matters: she is an identifiable, unnamed minor filmed in a private home, and the puppets may be commercial toy designs with their own protections.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1950s girl with hand puppets, vintage 8mm child laughing, home movie child new toys or mid-century American living room footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's 'child showing a kitten picture', 'child riding tricycle' and 'women smiling in kitchen' clips, then with other late-1950s American home scenes and other childhood-play footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl in a United States living room, circa 1958, holds a mouse hand puppet and a white plush puppet toward the camera — A little girl holds up her two hand puppets for the camera, circa 1958.
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Smiling girl in a Peter Pan collar raises two puppets in an American home, circa 1958, on 8mm film — She lifts both puppets higher and grins.
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Little girl bursts out laughing with her toys in a mid-century American living room, circa 1958 — Eyes shut, the girl bursts out laughing as she plays with her puppets.
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Girl glances away, smiling, with her hand puppets in a wood-panelled room, United States, circa 1958 — Still smiling, she turns her head aside with the puppets held out.
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