United States-1975: Children With Easter Baskets Race Across a Meadow as an Egg Hunt Begins

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Easter egg hunt
childhood
community gathering
spring holiday
1970s fashion
family outing
play and competition

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Dry grass meadow at a picnic area edged by dense leafless deciduous scrub
Time and weather: midday · spring · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with short shadows
People: 20 · A cluster of adults in flared jeans, a yellow pantsuit, a pale yellow jacket and a white hat, and about ten small children in striped tops, a purple outfit, white shorts and an orange shirt, many carrying baskets or pails
Objects: Easter baskets · plastic pails · white hat
Colors: muted tan · violet · blue · yellow · dark olive
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Adults stand in a cluster on the grass as the first kids edge out.
Children with baskets break away from the group and start running.
The camera pans left following a line of running youngsters.
The children fan out across the open meadow toward the scrub.

Children With Easter Baskets Race Across a Meadow as an... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1975, home movie footage shows the start of a children's Easter egg hunt in a dry grass meadow. A cluster of adults in flared jeans, a yellow pantsuit and a pale yellow jacket stands at the right as small children break away carrying baskets and pails. The handheld camera pans left to follow a loose line of children in striped tops, a purple outfit and white shorts running across the grass, with leafless scrub behind them.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001584

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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: 1975 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 circa 1975 American Easter or childhood footage, giving a short, energetic opening-of-the-hunt moment for documentaries and nostalgia pieces.
Period detail: Wide blue flared jeans, a yellow pantsuit, a pale yellow jacket and children's striped knit tops point to mid-1970s dress, and the saturated reversal colour fits film of that time.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged rush of small children bolting from the adults with their baskets captures the real excitement of a community egg hunt as a parent saw it.
What appears in frame: Adults in flared jeans and a yellow pantsuit, children in striped tops carrying baskets and pails, a girl in a purple outfit, a child in an orange shirt, a dry grass meadow and a wall of leafless scrub.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 reversal with soft focus, visible grain and a violet cast in the shadows gives the clip an authentic projected home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a quick action insert or memory beat marking the start of a hunt, cutting well after a waiting-crowd shot and before close-ups of found eggs.
Historical context: Community egg hunts on open ground were a common spring event in the United States, and this clip shows one with children of several ages taking part.
Research note: This is home-movie footage of unidentified private individuals, including minors; copyright in the film and likeness of the people shown are separate matters, so check the archive licence terms for intended use.
Research search match: Researchers would find it with searches like 1970s Easter egg hunt home movie, kids running with Easter baskets, or Super 8 children running across a meadow.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's crowd of children waiting for the egg hunt, then the toddler showing a found egg, the woman in a bunny-ear hood and families by the stone picnic shelter, then other mid-1970s Easter footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1975 Easter egg hunt in the United States: adults in flared jeans and a yellow pantsuit as a child with a basket starts running — Adults gather at the edge of the meadow as the first child sets off with a basket.
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Children with Easter baskets break from a group of adults on a meadow, Super 8 home movie circa 1975, United States — Children carrying baskets break away from the adults as the hunt gets under way.
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Circa 1975 egg hunt in the United States: children in striped tops and a purple outfit run with baskets past watching adults — A line of children runs across the meadow with baskets and pails while adults watch at right.
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Children fan out over an open meadow during a circa 1975 Easter egg hunt in the United States, Super 8 home movie — The children fan out across the open meadow, with bare scrub and distant onlookers behind.
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