Iowa-1958: Girl in White Pajamas Tearing Open a Christmas Present by a Tinsel Tree

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Iowa, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1954–1959 · Iowa · Reel 9dcfb6a8 contains 13 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
gift giving
childhood
family holiday
mid-century domestic life
anticipation and surprise

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Family living room floor beside a tinsel Christmas tree, crowded with wrapped presents and a red wagon
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: Artificial indoor light with tinsel highlights and dark background shadows
People: 2 · A small girl with short brown hair in white footed pajamas, and the bare arm of an adult partly visible at the upper left edge.
Objects: tinsel Christmas tree · red wagon · wrapped Christmas presents · tissue paper · gift box · yellow item · ribbon bows
Colors: white · red · silver · teal green · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl tugs at the wrapping of a gift on her lap.
She pulls out a wad of tissue paper and flings it aside.
She bends back over the box and digs inside.
She lifts out a yellow item from the box.

Girl in White Pajamas Tearing Open a Christmas Present... — Clip Details

Probably Iowa, circa 1958 home movie footage. A small child in white footed pajamas sits on the floor beside a tinsel Christmas tree and a red wagon, tugging at a present wrapped in white patterned paper. She yanks out a handful of tissue and flings it aside, then digs back into the box and lifts out a yellow item. The handheld 8mm camera holds one close medium shot at child height, with stacked red-and-white packages around her and an adult's arm at the upper left edge.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001090

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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: Iowa, 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: Answers requests for authentic late-1950s American Christmas morning footage of a child opening presents, for documentaries, exhibits or nostalgic holiday spots.
Period detail: A tinsel tree, a red pull wagon, white footed pajamas and printed gift wrap may show a typical late-1950s American family Christmas.
Home-movie behavior: The girl is caught mid-action, absorbed in ripping out tissue paper and peeking inside, with no posing for the family camera.
What appears in frame: A small girl in white pajamas, a half-opened gift box, a flying wad of tissue, a glittering tinsel tree, a red wagon at left and stacked wrapped packages.
Film character: Soft 8mm focus, fine grain, motion blur on the tossed tissue and warm reds against dark shadows give the shot a genuine projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory-beat insert or holiday cutaway inside a Christmas sequence, or as a lively opener for a section on childhood.
Historical context: Shiny tinsel trees and piles of wrapped toys reflect the postwar American custom of a gift-centered family Christmas morning.
Research note: The child and a partly visible adult are unidentified private individuals, so likeness consent is separate from film copyright, and the home interior is private property.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under searches like 1950s Christmas morning home movie, girl opening present 8mm, or vintage tinsel tree gift unwrapping.
Archive pairing path: Start with the same reel's doll unboxing and new-hat scenes, add the KMA 960 chalkboard to anchor place and era, then widen to other late-1950s holiday gift footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Smiling girl in white footed pajamas pulls at gift wrap by a tinsel tree, likely Iowa, circa 1958 — A smiling girl starts tearing into a wrapped present on Christmas morning, circa 1958.
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Girl flings white tissue from a Christmas gift box, motion-blurred, 8mm film likely from Iowa, circa 1958 — Tissue paper flies as the girl yanks it out of the box.
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Girl in white pajamas digs into an opened present among red-and-white packages, Midwest home, circa 1958 — With the tissue cleared, she bends over the box to see what is inside.
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Girl lifts a yellow item from her Christmas gift by a tinsel tree, 8mm home movie, likely Iowa, circa 1958 — She pulls a yellow item from the box to look it over.
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