United States-1948: Two Men in Suits, a Woman and Two Girls Laugh and Wave Before a Hedge

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1948 · United States · Reel c977660d contains 4 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

family
childhood
1940s fashion
summer gathering
posing for the camera
waving goodbye
togetherness

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · private garden in front of a dense leafy hedge
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural sunlight with deep shadow in the foliage behind
People: 5 · Two adult men in suits and ties, one in grey-blue and one in navy with a dark red tie; a woman with light hair in a blue printed short-sleeved blouse and grey buttoned skirt; a small blonde girl in a pink puff-sleeved blouse and pale blue shorts; a taller blonde girl in a lavender blouse and patterned shorts.
Objects: suits · neckties · printed blouse · buttoned skirt · puff-sleeved blouses · shorts · hedge
Colors: blue · navy · dark green · grey · pink · dark red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Five people stand in a row before a hedge, laughing, as the man at left raises a hand to his mouth.
The woman tilts her head laughing while the small girl covers her ears.
The woman and the small girl begin to wave at the camera.
The man at left raises his hand and waves.
The man in the navy suit waves and the taller girl stretches her arm high overhead.

Two Men in Suits, a Woman and Two Girls Laugh and Wave... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1948, home movie footage shows five people standing in a row in front of a dark leafy hedge on a sunny day. Two men in suits and ties, a woman in a blue printed blouse and grey skirt, and two blonde girls laugh, lean together and joke for the camera. Toward the end the woman, both men and the older child wave, the taller girl lifting her arm high overhead. The single handheld medium shot is on 8mm colour reversal film with a strong blue cast.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001302

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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: 1948 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: Answers requests for late 1940s American family life in colour, giving a warm group moment for documentaries, exhibits and nostalgic commercial work.
Period detail: Wide-lapel suits, broad ties, a printed cotton blouse with a buttoned skirt and girls' puff sleeves may show late 1940s summer dress.
Home-movie behavior: The group cannot hold a formal pose: they giggle, nudge each other, a child covers her ears and everyone breaks into waving, a natural moment of a family playing up for the camera.
What appears in frame: A dark leafy hedge, a man in a grey-blue suit, a woman in a blue printed blouse, a small girl in pink, a man in a navy suit with a red tie and a taller girl in lavender.
Film character: Soft handheld 8mm colour reversal with a strong blue cast, near-black shadows in the foliage and a brief warm flare at the start give it a clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat, a family-album cutaway or a closing wave to end a sequence about home life.
Historical context: It shows a family dressed in their good clothes for a summer gathering, filmed in colour on 8mm stock that became available to amateurs after 1936.
Research note: The people, including two minors, are unidentified and their faces can be recognised, so likeness and privacy review is advised separately from copyright in the film, and the setting appears to be private property.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1940s family waving at camera, vintage 8mm colour family home movie, and late 1940s suits and summer clothing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's girl skipping and waving on the garden path, the man in a suit smiling and waving, and the girls clowning in the garden, then with other circa 1948 American family footage and other group waving shots.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1948 family group of five laughing before a garden hedge in the United States, men in suits, woman in printed blouse — Five people laugh together in front of a garden hedge, the man at left raising a hand to his mouth.
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1940s home movie still: woman laughing as a small girl covers her ears, flanked by men in suits before a hedge — The woman tilts her head laughing and the small girl covers her ears as the group jokes for the camera.
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Circa 1948 8mm colour still of a woman and small girl waving in a United States garden, men in suits beside them — The woman and the small girl start to wave while the man in the navy suit looks down.
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Late 1940s family waving goodbye before a hedge in the United States, girl's arm stretched high, men in suits — Both men and the taller girl wave, her arm stretched high, while the woman laughs with the small girl at her side.
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