United States-1958: Girl in a White Sweater Opens a Gift Box to Reveal a Plaid Garment

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
gift giving
unwrapping presents
family celebration
mid-century domestic life
new clothes
anticipation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · Domestic interior with a woven-upholstered seat and a dark background
Time and weather: unknown (indoor, artificial light)
Lighting: Bright frontal artificial indoor light with deep shadow in the background
People: 1 · One young girl with short curly dark hair wearing a white long-sleeved sweater, seated on the floor.
Objects: gift box · white tissue paper · plaid garment · grey-green fabric · doll · upholstered seat · dark wooden chair or furniture · blue wrapping or box
Colors: white · red · dark blue · tan · green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl pulls sheets of white tissue paper from the box in her lap.
She turns her head to look off to the right.
She lifts the tissue and the plaid fabric starts to show.
The red, white and green plaid garment is fully revealed in the box.
She holds the tissue to her chest and glances aside with a small smile.

Girl in a White Sweater Opens a Gift Box to Reveal a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958, home movie footage shows a curly-haired girl in a white sweater sitting against a woven-upholstered seat and pulling sheets of white tissue paper from a box. She glances off to the right, then folds back the last layer to uncover a red, white and green plaid garment with a grey-green piece folded on top. The single medium shot is handheld with gentle drift, brightly lit against a dark room, with a doll on a ledge behind her.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001098

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: Serves requests for circa 1958 American home movie footage of a child opening presents, suited to documentaries, museum displays and nostalgic commercial inserts.
Period detail: The plaid garment, the white knit sweater, the boxed gift in tissue and the doll on the ledge may show late-1950s children's clothing and gift packaging.
Home-movie behavior: A parent films the girl at floor level as she works through the tissue unprompted, glancing away and smiling to herself rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: A curly-haired girl in a white sweater, crumpled white tissue paper, an open box holding red, white and green plaid clothing, a woven-upholstered seat, a doll on a ledge and dark furniture behind.
Film character: Colour 8mm grain, strong photoflood-style frontal light with bright whites and deep shadows, and a gentle handheld drift give the shot a warm period texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or cutaway in a gift-giving or childhood sequence, with the plaid reveal giving a clear payoff moment.
Historical context: The clip records a common mid-century family ritual of opening wrapped clothing gifts at home, filmed on colour 8mm stock available to families since 1936.
Research note: The film's copyright and the likeness of the identifiable child are separate matters, the private home interior is a third, and no individual is identified, so use in sensitive contexts calls for caution.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s girl opening present, vintage 8mm child unwrapping gift, retro home movie plaid clothes, and mid-century family gift opening footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's birthday party laughter and girl with white muff laughing clips, then other circa 1958 American interiors, then gift-opening scenes from other reels.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl in a white sweater pulls tissue paper from a gift box, United States home movie, circa 1958 — A girl works sheets of white tissue paper out of a gift box while seated against a woven seat.
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Curly-haired girl glances to the side mid-unwrapping in a dim living room, 8mm film circa 1958 — Pausing partway through, the girl turns her head to look off to the right.
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Girl reveals a red and green plaid garment in a gift box, colour 8mm home movie, United States, circa 1958 — With the tissue folded back, a red, white and green plaid garment appears in the box.
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Curly-haired girl smiles beside her plaid clothing gift in a warmly lit room, United States, circa 1958 — The girl smiles and glances aside, the plaid garment still in the open box beside her.
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