Kwajalein Marshall Islands-1966: Child Swinging in a Rope-Hung Tire Swing Under a Shade Tree

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationKwajalein, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · Kwajalein, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor play
tire swing
military family life
tropical island living
1960s Pacific
leisure

Shot type: medium
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Shaded yard under a tree with a rope-hung tire swing, bare dirt ground, a palm frond and a sunlit lawn behind
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sun on the lawn with deep dappled shade under the tree
People: 1 · One young child in a blue top and white shorts, sitting inside the swing
Objects: tire swing · rope · second hanging rope · tree trunk · palm frond
Colors: yellow-green · black · blue · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The child sits in the tire swing, forward of the hanging rope.
The swing carries the child back toward the tree trunk.
The child swings forward again, feet close to the ground.
The swing drifts back behind the rope once more.
The child returns forward into the light.

Child Swinging in a Rope-Hung Tire Swing Under a Shade Tree — Clip Details

On Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, circa 1966, home movie footage shows a child sitting inside a black tire swing hung by rope from a tree. The child, in a blue top and white shorts, swings back and forth, feet brushing the bare dirt below. Behind, a palm frond droops across a sunlit lawn while the ground under the tree lies in dappled shade. The single shot is filmed from a fixed position at medium distance on 8mm colour film.

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: 800001592

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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: 1966 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: Kwajalein, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands 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: It serves requests for mid-1960s childhood or military family life on a Pacific island, giving a short, authentic play moment for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: The 8mm colour rendition and the reel's 'KWAJALEIN TEST SITE' sign place it circa 1966, and the homemade rope-and-tire swing fits the period's improvised outdoor play.
Home-movie behavior: A family member films a child absorbed in swinging, an ordinary unposed moment with no performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: A child in a blue top and white shorts sits in a black tire hung from a rope, with a leaning tree trunk, a second loose rope, a drooping palm frond, bare dirt and a bright lawn behind.
Film character: Saturated yellow-green highlights against blue-black shadow, visible grain and soft focus give the shot a sun-bleached 8mm texture typical of projected small-gauge film.
Edit role: It works as a brief cutaway or memory beat to soften a sequence about base life, or as a transition between harder military imagery.
Historical context: The reel ties this scene to the Kwajalein Test Site, the name the Army range carried from 1964 to 1968, and shows that children played there.
Research note: The child's face is small and mostly in shadow, but a minor appears, so likeness permissions are a separate matter from the film's copyright; the setting was a US Army installation.
Research search match: Researchers might search 'child tire swing 1960s home movie', 'Kwajalein family life 8mm' or 'Marshall Islands childhood archival footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's toddler playing with a stick, island street with vintage car, Cutty Sark whisky cases and Kwajalein airfield airliner clips, then other Kwajalein 1960s footage, then childhood-play scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Child in a rope-hung tire swing under a tree beside a palm frond on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, circa 1966 — A child settles into a tire swing in the shade of a tree, Kwajalein, circa 1966.
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Child swinging back toward a tree trunk in a tire swing on Kwajalein Atoll, circa 1966 8mm home movie — The swing carries the child back toward the trunk, partly behind a second rope.
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Child crouched in a tire swing in dappled shade under a palm frond, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, circa 1966 — Feet close to the ground, the child rides the swing forward again.
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Child twisting in a rope tire swing beside a tree on Kwajalein, circa 1966, on 8mm colour film — The child twists in the swing beside the tree, Kwajalein Atoll, circa 1966.
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