United States-1975: Man in Red Lifting and Swinging Two Small Children Off a Green Sofa

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

family play
childhood
1970s domestic life
home interiors
intergenerational fun
home movies
laughter

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: indoor · wood-panelled residential living room
Time and weather: unknown (interior under artificial light)
Lighting: strong frontal artificial light from a movie lamp, dark background
People: 3 · A grey-haired man in glasses wearing a red sweater and red trousers, and two small children in white blouses, one with red-orange trousers and one with a blue vest and blue trousers.
Objects: green vinyl sofa · table lamp with white shade · striped curtain · wood wall paneling · television set · framed photographs · coffee table with newspapers · eyeglasses · side table
Colors: red · royal blue · teal green · dark brown · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The man leans over the green sofa and grabs both kids.
He lifts the pair off the cushions, one on each side.
Both kids laugh as he holds them up facing the camera.
He spins around with them, turning his back to the camera.
The child in blue swings past the lens in a blur.

Man in Red Lifting and Swinging Two Small Children Off a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1975, home movie footage shows a grey-haired man in a red sweater and red trousers playing with two small kids on a green vinyl sofa in a wood-panelled living room. He scoops up a child in red-orange trousers and a child in a blue vest and trousers, lifts them both off the cushions, then spins away with them as they laugh. The single handheld Super 8 shot is lit by a strong frontal lamp, with a striped curtain, a table lamp and framed photos on a television set behind them.

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: 800000996

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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: 1975 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: Fits requests for genuine 1970s American family life at home, giving documentaries and nostalgia pieces a lively playtime moment in a period living room.
Period detail: Dark wood paneling, a green vinyl sofa, a striped curtain, a ceramic table lamp and flared children's trousers may show mid-1970s domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The play is unstaged and physical, with a man scooping up two laughing kids while a family member films, the kind of moment rarely captured by professionals.
What appears in frame: A man in red with glasses, two small kids in red-orange and blue outfits, a green sofa, a white-shaded lamp, a striped curtain and framed photos on a television set.
Film character: Warm saturated Super 8 colour, fine grain, motion blur from fast movement and a hot frontal light flaring on eyeglasses give it authentic amateur texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway insert to convey family warmth, childhood fun or the feel of a 1970s home.
Historical context: The scene reflects the Super 8 era of home moviemaking, when families filmed everyday play indoors with lamps, before videotape took over in the 1980s.
Research note: Copyright in the film is a separate matter from likeness: identifiable adult and minor faces appear in a private home, so likeness and property considerations remain with the user.
Research search match: 1970s family playing in living room, Super 8 home movie children horseplay, vintage man lifting kids off sofa, wood paneled den footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's couple laughing in the kitchen and holiday dinner clips, then other circa 1975 American interiors, then family play footage generally.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grey-haired man in red gathers two small kids on a green vinyl sofa in a wood-panelled US living room, circa 1975 — A man in red reaches across a green sofa to scoop up two small children, circa 1975.
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Man lifts two laughing kids in red-orange and blue outfits off a green sofa, Super 8 home movie, United States, circa 1975 — Both children laugh as they are lifted off the sofa cushions.
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Man in glasses turns with a small child under each arm in a 1970s-style wood-panelled living room, circa 1975 — Holding a child under each arm, the man begins to swing around.
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A child in blue blurs past the lens as a man in red spins with her by a green sofa, US home movie, circa 1975 — Motion blur as the child in blue is swung past the camera.
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