United States-1940: Small Girl in a Print Dress Posing in a Shady Garden by a White Trellis

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1940 · United States · Reel 662e2803 contains 2 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
family life
posing for the camera
domestic garden
prewar America
amateur filmmaking
generations

Shot type: medium
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Shady residential garden with lawn, shrubs, slim tree trunks and a white lattice trellis
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright sun filtered through trees, giving harsh contrast with blown highlights and deep shadows
People: 3 · A small girl in a short print dress in the foreground, a woman in dark clothing standing behind her, and a second figure in a light coat or dress at the right edge beside a tree
Objects: white lattice trellis · tree trunks · shrubs · lawn · pale fence or wall · light-coloured object held by the girl
Colors: black · white · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A small girl in a print dress stands on the lawn with a woman close behind her.
The girl holds her pose while a second figure stands by a tree at the right.
The shot ends with the group unchanged in front of the white trellis.

Small Girl in a Print Dress Posing in a Shady Garden by... — Clip Details

United States, circa 1940 home movie footage shows a small girl in a short print dress standing still for the camera on a lawn in a shady garden. A woman in dark clothing stands close behind her, and a second figure in a light coat stands at the right beside a slim tree trunk, in front of a white lattice trellis. The single static shot on black-and-white film holds the group for about three and a half seconds, with harsh contrast that bleaches faces and the trellis.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 800001168

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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: 1940 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: Helps a documentary or education producer who needs a short black-and-white shot of a small American child with a family member in a garden, circa 1940.
Period detail: The girl's short print dress with a small collar and the white lattice garden trellis may show prewar American domestic style of around 1940.
Home-movie behavior: The girl stands still and faces the lens as a family member films her, with a woman close behind, an unstaged moment of posing for the home camera.
What appears in frame: A small girl in a print dress, a woman in dark clothing behind her, a second figure in light clothing by a tree, a white lattice trellis, leafy shrubs, and a sunlit lawn.
Film character: Black-and-white film with strong grain and harsh contrast, where sunlit faces and the trellis burn toward white and the foliage drops into deep black.
Edit role: Works as a brief memory beat or childhood insert, or as the closing shot of a sequence built around the reel's sedan footage.
Historical context: Families of the period often filmed children dressed up and posed in their own gardens, and this shot follows that common home-movie pattern.
Research note: Copyright in the film and likeness rights for the people shown, including a minor, are separate questions; the people are unidentified and the garden appears to be private property.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1940s little girl home movie, black and white child in garden, or prewar American family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's vintage sedan driving past clip, then with other United States garden footage from about 1940, then with childhood portrait clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small girl in a print dress poses in a shady garden with a woman behind her, United States, circa 1940 — A small girl in a print dress stands for the camera, with a woman close behind her, circa 1940.
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Girl in a patterned dress posing by a tree and white lattice in a black-and-white home movie, circa 1940 — A second figure in light clothing stands by a tree at the right as the girl holds her pose.
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Woman and small girl in a sun-dappled US garden, high-contrast black-and-white film, circa 1940 — Harsh sunlight bleaches the faces and the white trellis in this circa 1940 garden portrait.
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Small girl standing still on a backyard lawn before a white lattice trellis, United States home movie, circa 1940 — The girl stays in place as the shot ends, the trellis and trees behind her.
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