United States-1938: Woman in Print Dress Leads Small Children in a Ring Game on a Lawn

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1938 · United States · Reel 5416bd78 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
children's games
1930s family life
outdoor play
residential neighborhood
children's party
prewar America

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · front lawn of a residential street with a clipped hedge, trees and parked cars
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast or bright shade
Lighting: soft daylight
People: 7 · One adult woman in a long floral print dress with dark hair, and about six small children in summer clothes: a girl in a pale dress with a hair bow, a curly-haired child, a boy in a light shirt and shorts, a boy in a dark shirt and light shorts, and others partly hidden.
Vehicles: 1930s sedan parked across the street · dark 1930s car at left edge
Objects: hedge · tree trunks · lawn · hair bow · print dress
Colors: green · pale yellow-green · dark green · muted red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman in a print dress stands among small children on a lawn, holding a little girl's hand.
She talks and lifts her free arm as the camera drifts left toward a parked sedan.
The children hold hands in a loose ring while the girl in the hair bow keeps a hand at her mouth.

Woman in Print Dress Leads Small Children in a Ring Game... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1938, home movie footage shows a woman in a long floral print dress standing among about six small children on a front lawn, holding hands with a little girl in a pale dress and hair bow. The children stand in a loose ring, a boy in a dark shirt with his back to the camera, while the woman talks and lifts her free arm. Behind a clipped hedge, rounded 1930s sedans are parked on a tree-lined street. The handheld camera drifts left, and the colour has faded to a strong green.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 800001236

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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: 1938 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 late-1930s American childhood and front-yard play, giving documentaries and history programs an authentic colour home-movie moment.
Period detail: Rounded fendered 1930s sedans, a long floral print dress, hair bows and children's shorts and short-sleeved shirts all point to circa 1938.
Home-movie behavior: An adult gathers toddlers into a ring game while a shy girl keeps her hand at her mouth, an unposed glimpse of family-style play filmed by someone standing on the lawn.
What appears in frame: A woman in a print dress, a little girl with a hair bow, a boy in a dark shirt seen from behind, a curly-haired child, a clipped hedge and a sedan parked on a tree-lined street.
Film character: Early 8mm colour with a heavy green shift, soft focus, light grain and dust specks, and gentle handheld drift give it a strong period texture.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway inside a sequence on childhood, family gatherings or 1930s domestic life.
Historical context: The scene shows a prewar residential street with only 1930s cars, filmed on colour 8mm stock that first went on sale in 1936.
Research note: The people are unidentified and include minors with visible faces, so likeness and privacy should be considered separately from copyright in the film itself.
Research search match: 1930s children ring game, woman holding hands with toddlers, 8mm Kodachrome home movie, prewar American front yard, faded colour children's party.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the children filing down porch steps clip from the same reel, then with other circa 1938 United States home movies, then with children's party and outdoor play footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1938 United States home movie: woman in a floral dress gathers small children on a front lawn, 1930s sedan behind — A woman in a floral print dress speaks to small children gathering for a ring game on a lawn, circa 1938.
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Circa 1938 8mm film in the United States: woman holds a toddler's hand while children form a ring on a front lawn — Holding a little girl's hand, the woman draws the children into a loose ring on the lawn.
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Circa 1938 United States: woman raises an arm leading a children's ring game, a rounded 1930s sedan parked across the street — The woman lifts her free arm as the children join hands, with a 1930s sedan parked across the street.
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Faded green 8mm home movie, circa 1938 United States: toddlers in a hand-holding ring with a woman, parked cars behind — Toddlers hold hands in a ring with the woman, the colour faded to green on early 8mm stock.
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