Louisiana-1962: Children in Easter Clothes Hunting Eggs With Baskets on a Lawn

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLouisiana, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 · Louisiana, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1962 · Louisiana & New Orleans · Reel 4c065049 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

Easter egg hunt
childhood
holiday tradition
Sunday best clothing
community gathering
spring celebration
mid-century America

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · tracking
Setting: outdoor · Grassy lawn beside a brick building with white-framed windows, evergreen shrubs and a large tree, with a paved path behind
Time and weather: day · spring · overcast
Lighting: soft overcast daylight
People: 10 · Young children in Easter clothes: a girl in a pale blue full-skirted dress, a boy in a striped sport coat, two small girls in navy coats with white collars, a boy in a white jacket and bow tie, and others running in the background
Objects: woven Easter baskets · Easter eggs · brick building · white-framed windows · evergreen shrubs · tree trunk · paved path
Colors: green · pale blue · navy · brick red · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A girl in a blue party dress and a boy in a striped sport coat stand close with their baskets.
The camera follows the pair as they walk across the lawn toward the brick building.
Two small girls in navy coats with white collars step into the foreground.
Several youngsters stoop to pick eggs out of the grass.
A boy in a white jacket and bow tie walks toward the camera with his basket.

Children in Easter Clothes Hunting Eggs With Baskets on... — Clip Details

Likely Louisiana, circa 1962 home movie footage of children in Easter clothes hunting eggs on a lawn beside a brick building. A girl in a pale blue party dress and a boy in a striped sport coat carry woven baskets as smaller children in navy coats follow them across thick grass. Near the end the group stoops to pick up eggs while a boy in a white jacket and bow tie walks toward the camera. The handheld 8mm camera follows close behind at child height in one continuous shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001352

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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: 1962 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: Louisiana, 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 a request for authentic early 1960s Easter footage of children in their best clothes hunting eggs, for documentary, museum or nostalgia productions.
Period detail: Full-skirted party dresses, a striped sport coat, a white jacket with bow tie and navy coats with white collars may show early 1960s children's Easter fashion.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged view from a parent's camera trailing children at their eye level as they wander, pause and bend for eggs, with no posing for the lens.
What appears in frame: A girl in a pale blue dress with a basket, a boy in a striped sport coat, two small girls in navy coats, a brick building with white windows, evergreen shrubs and a thick green lawn.
Film character: Saturated colour reversal greens and cool blues, soft handheld focus and fine 8mm grain give the clip a warm, lived-in home movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a lively insert or memory beat within an Easter or childhood sequence, and its walk-away movement suits a transition out of a scene.
Historical context: Shows the custom of dressing young children formally for Easter and gathering them for an egg hunt on the grounds of a brick building, likely a church or community hall.
Research note: Film copyright and the likeness of the minors shown are separate matters, the children are unidentified, and the building is private property, so likeness and property permissions need separate consideration.
Research search match: Fits searches such as an early 1960s Easter egg hunt on 8mm film, or vintage footage of kids in Sunday best carrying baskets across a lawn.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's clips of children posing in Easter clothes, the wide egg hunt view and women spectators in headscarves, then the Louisiana cemetery clip, then other circa 1962 holiday home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl in a blue Easter dress with a basket on a lawn during an egg hunt, likely Louisiana, circa 1962 8mm home movie — A girl in a full-skirted blue dress walks through the grass with her Easter basket, circa 1962.
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Boy in striped sport coat and girl in blue dress walk toward a brick building at an Easter egg hunt, likely Louisiana, circa 1962 — Children carry their baskets toward a brick building as the egg hunt spreads across the lawn.
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Small girls in navy coats follow older children during an early 1960s Easter egg hunt by a brick building, likely Louisiana — Two small girls in navy coats join the hunt behind children in party clothes, circa 1962.
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Children bend to collect Easter eggs on a lawn by a brick building in circa 1962 8mm footage, likely Louisiana — Children bend to gather eggs from the grass as the hunt continues beside the brick building.
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