Iowa-1958: Girl in a White Nightgown Puts On a New Black Hat by a Tinsel Tree

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Iowa, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
childhood
gift opening
trying on new clothes
family home life
1950s domesticity
holiday traditions

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: indoor · Home living room at Christmas, with a tinsel tree, a teal wall, a pale upholstered chair and presents on the floor
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: Bright artificial light from the camera position, with the tinsel reflecting against a dark background
People: 1 · One young girl, about four or five, with curly light-brown hair, wearing a long white nightgown
Objects: black brimmed hat · tinsel Christmas tree · wrapped presents · holiday gift wrap · red toy wagon with white wheels · pale upholstered chair · toy house-shaped box
Colors: white · dark teal · red · black · silver
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl turns a black brimmed hat over in her hands among the presents.
She looks down at the brim resting in her lap.
She lifts the hat up toward her head with both hands.
She settles it onto her curly hair in front of the tinsel tree.
She tugs the brim down over her head as the shot ends.

Girl in a White Nightgown Puts On a New Black Hat by a... — Clip Details

Likely Iowa, circa 1958, home movie footage of a young girl in a white nightgown on Christmas morning. She sits among wrapped presents in front of a silver tinsel tree, turning a black brimmed hat in her hands and looking down at it in her lap. She then raises it with both hands and pulls it down onto her curly hair. The single handheld shot was filmed on 8mm colour film, with soft focus, visible grain and warm, slightly faded colour.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001091

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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: 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 showing a child with a new gift, for documentary, education or nostalgic commercial use.
Period detail: A silver tinsel tree, patterned holiday gift wrap, a red toy wagon and a child's long white nightgown may show a typical late-1950s American Christmas interior.
Home-movie behavior: The girl tries on her present without posing, absorbed in turning it over and tugging it onto her head while a family member films from close by.
What appears in frame: A girl in a white nightgown, a black brimmed hat with a stitched band, a sparkling tinsel tree, piles of wrapped presents, a red wagon with white wheels and a pale chair against a teal wall.
Film character: Soft-focus 8mm colour with visible grain, dust specks, warm faded tones and handheld framing give the shot the texture of a genuine family reel.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway in a Christmas sequence, or as an insert showing a child's reaction to a gift.
Historical context: Tinsel trees and gift opening in nightclothes were common features of American family Christmases in the 1950s, and home movie cameras often recorded them.
Research note: Shows an identifiable minor in a private home; the film copyright and the likeness of the person shown are separate questions, and likeness use in commercial work calls for care.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s Christmas home movie, girl trying on hat Christmas, tinsel tree 8mm footage, and vintage child opening presents.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with 'Girl unboxing a doll at Christmas' and 'Unwrapping a Christmas present' from this reel, then the KMA 960 chalkboard for Iowa context, then other 1950s Christmas clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl in a white nightgown handles a new black hat beside a tinsel tree, likely Iowa, circa 1958 — A girl turns over her new black hat among the Christmas presents, circa 1958.
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Girl studies the black hat in her lap on Christmas morning in front of a tinsel tree, likely Iowa, circa 1958 — She looks down at the brim of the gift resting in her lap.
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Girl in a nightgown lifts a black hat onto her head by a tinsel Christmas tree, likely Iowa, circa 1958 — Both hands raise the hat as she begins to put it on.
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Girl wears her new black hat on Christmas morning among presents and tinsel, likely Iowa, circa 1958 — The new hat goes on over her curls in front of the tinsel tree.
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