United States-1961: Girl in Pink Robe Pulls On a Paper Hat by the Christmas Tree

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
childhood
dressing up
family home movies
holiday tradition
mid-century domestic life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: indoor · home living room with a decorated Christmas tree, venetian blinds and dark green walls
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: artificial light from the camera side on the subject, dim background
People: 1 · One young girl with dark curly hair wearing a ruffled pale pink robe and a red-and-white paper hat.
Objects: red-and-white paper hat · pink ruffled robe · Christmas tree · tinsel · Christmas lights · venetian blinds · wall switch plate · dark chair back
Colors: pale pink · dark green · red · white · silver
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl holds a red-and-white paper hat above her head with both hands.
She pulls the hat down over her curly hair, looking down.
With the hat on, she drops one hand to tug at her robe collar.
She raises both arms to settle the brim and leans toward the camera.

Girl in Pink Robe Pulls On a Paper Hat by the Christmas Tree — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1961, home movie footage shows a curly-haired girl in a ruffled pale pink robe standing in front of a tinsel-draped Christmas tree and a window with venetian blinds. She lifts a red-and-white patterned paper hat with both hands, works it down over her hair and tugs at her collar. She then raises both arms to settle the brim as she leans toward the camera. The single handheld 8mm shot is framed at medium distance in a dim, green-walled room.

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: 800001108

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$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: 1961 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: The clip fits briefs for authentic early-1960s American Christmas mornings and childhood play in documentaries, museum displays and nostalgic holiday spots.
Period detail: The ruffled pale pink robe, foil tinsel on the tree and venetian blinds may show a typical American living room of the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A child concentrates on fitting a paper hat over her curls, an unposed, self-absorbed moment that a parent simply filmed as it happened.
What appears in frame: The frame holds a girl in a ruffled pink robe, a red-and-white paper hat, a tinsel-hung Christmas tree with small lights, venetian blinds, a dark green wall with a switch plate and a dark chair back.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, dust specks and warm skin tones against cool green shadows give the clip the texture of projected 8mm reversal film.
Edit role: Use it as a short memory-beat insert or cutaway within a Christmas sequence, or as a light transition into childhood holiday material.
Historical context: Home movies of this period often recorded Christmas mornings indoors, with children in new robes posing or playing near the decorated tree.
Research note: The girl is an identifiable minor whose identity is unknown, and the home is private, so likeness and property permissions are separate from any copyright in the film itself.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1960s Christmas morning home movie, girl in pink robe paper hat, vintage 8mm holiday footage or retro American living room Christmas tree.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's Christmas clips of the cat chewing a red gift bow and girls showing boxed dolls, then with other circa-1961 American interiors, then with holiday dress-up scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1961 United States home movie: curly-haired girl in a ruffled pink robe lifts a paper hat onto her head by a tinsel tree — A girl in a pink robe starts to pull a red-and-white paper hat over her hair beside the Christmas tree, circa 1961.
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Early-1960s 8mm still from the United States: girl in pink robe tugs a red-and-white hat down, Christmas tree lights at right — Looking down in concentration, the girl works the paper hat over her curls in front of the venetian blinds.
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Circa 1961 American Christmas home movie: girl with paper hat now on adjusts the collar of her ruffled pink robe — With the paper hat in place, the girl reaches for the collar of her ruffled robe, circa 1961.
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Early 1960s United States 8mm frame: curly-haired girl in pink robe raises both arms to settle her paper hat by a Christmas tree — Arms raised, the girl settles the brim of her paper hat as she leans toward the camera beside the tinsel tree.
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