United States-1948: Blonde Girl Skipping Along a Hedge Path and Waving at the Camera

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration7s
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

childhood
summer play
family home movies
1940s fashion
showing off for the camera
garden leisure
postwar domestic life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Private garden with a dirt path running between clipped green hedges, deep shade behind
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows and dark shaded background
People: 1 · One young blonde girl in a pale lilac puff-sleeved blouse, gathered pale blue shorts, patterned ankle socks and white shoes
Objects: clipped hedge · dirt garden path · puff-sleeved blouse · gathered shorts · ankle socks · white shoes
Colors: dark green · lilac · pale blue · black · grey-brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl stands by the hedge end with hands on hips, smiling at the camera.
She skips forward along the path as the camera tilts down and crops her head.
She stops beside the hedge and flings one arm out to wave.
Smiling broadly, she raises her hand high and waves again.
Her arm stretches out toward the hedge as the shot ends.

Blonde Girl Skipping Along a Hedge Path and Waving at... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1948, home movie footage shows a blonde girl in a pale puff-sleeved blouse and gathered shorts skipping toward the camera along a dirt garden path between clipped hedges. She keeps her hands on her hips as she steps forward, her white shoes and patterned ankle socks catching the sun. She then stops beside the squared end of a hedge, smiles and swings one arm high to wave. The single handheld shot tilts and reframes as she moves, at times cropping her head at the top of the frame.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001303

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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 circa 1948 American childhood footage, giving documentary, education and nostalgia productions a short, cheerful shot of a girl playing for a family camera.
Period detail: The puff-sleeved blouse, gathered shorts, patterned ankle socks and white shoes may show late-1940s children's summer dress, and the blue-cast color reversal stock fits early small-gauge home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The girl clearly knows the family camera is on her, skipping with hands on hips and then waving with an unguarded grin, a natural bit of showing off rather than a staged performance.
What appears in frame: A blonde girl skips along a dirt path between clipped hedges, her hands on her hips, with white shoes and patterned socks below and deep shade behind her, before she waves one arm high beside the hedge end.
Film character: Handheld regular 8mm color reversal with a cool blue cast, soft focus, visible grain, motion blur on the waving arm and loose framing that sometimes drops her head out of shot, typical of amateur filming.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat, a cutaway in a childhood sequence, or an upbeat closing wave to end a montage of mid-century home movies.
Historical context: Color home movies of children in gardens became practical for families after 8mm Kodachrome went on sale in 1936, and scenes like this record everyday domestic leisure rather than public events.
Research note: The girl is an identifiable, unnamed minor filmed in a private garden, so likeness and privacy considerations are separate from the copyright in the film; no logos or artwork are visible.
Research search match: girl skipping 1940s home movie; child waving at camera 8mm color; circa 1948 girl in puff sleeves; vintage garden play footage; postwar American childhood film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's family group laughing and waving in garden, man in suit smiling and waving, and girls clowning with grandmother in garden, then with other late-1940s American garden footage and child play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl skipping with hands on hips on a hedge-lined garden path in a color 8mm home movie, United States, circa 1948 — A girl skips toward the camera along a garden path, hands on hips, circa 1948.
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Head cropped out of frame, a girl in late-1940s summer clothes steps forward on a garden path, United States, circa 1948 — The camera tilts down as she steps forward in white shoes and patterned ankle socks.
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Mid-stride beside a clipped hedge, a girl in puff sleeves and gathered shorts skips in a home movie garden, United States, circa 1948 — Still skipping, she keeps her hands on her hips beside the clipped hedge.
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Smiling blonde girl waves at the family camera beside a garden hedge in color 8mm film, United States, circa 1948 — The girl stops by the end of the hedge, smiles and waves at the camera.
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