United States-1948: Woman in Straw Sun Hat and Boy in Pith Helmet Before Red Flowering Shrubs

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

holiday travel
tropical flora
1940s fashion
childhood
posed home-movie portrait
tourism

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · tropical garden with dense flowering shrubs
Time and weather: day · summer · bright, likely clear
Lighting: natural daylight, soft and even on the subjects
People: 2 · An adult woman in a wide straw sun hat and pale blouse holding a yellow blossom, and a boy in a light pith helmet, dark sunglasses and printed short-sleeved shirt.
Objects: wide straw sun hat · pith helmet · sunglasses · yellow blossom · pinned flower on blouse · yellow neck cord · printed shirt
Colors: red · dark green · cream · pale lilac
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Woman and boy stand side by side before red flowering shrubs.
The woman smiles, holding a yellow blossom near her chin, as the boy squints at the camera.
The boy turns his head toward the woman.

Woman in Straw Sun Hat and Boy in Pith Helmet Before Red... — Clip Details

In a tropical garden, likely in the United States, circa 1948, home movie footage shows a woman in a wide straw sun hat and a boy in a pith helmet and dark sunglasses standing before shrubs hung with long red chenille-plant tassels. The woman holds a small yellow blossom near her chin and smiles while the boy squints toward the camera, then turns his head to her. The single medium shot is held steady on colour 8mm film with warm, saturated reds and greens.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001637

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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: Serves requests for late-1940s colour footage of tourists on a warm-weather holiday, useful for travel, fashion or family-memory segments.
Period detail: The padded-shoulder blouse, broad straw hat, child's pith helmet and round sunglasses may show late-1940s holiday dress for hot-climate travel.
Home-movie behavior: The pair pose a little self-consciously for the family camera, the woman smiling aside and the boy squinting before he turns away, an unscripted moment.
What appears in frame: A woman in a wide straw hat holding a yellow blossom, a boy in a pith helmet and dark glasses, a printed shirt, long red chenille tassels, round red blooms and broad green leaves.
Film character: Warm saturated colour 8mm with visible grain, slightly soft focus and the gentle steadiness of a handheld camera held still.
Edit role: Works as a short memory-beat insert or character cutaway between travel scenes, with the boy's head turn giving a natural out point.
Historical context: Holiday home movies of this period often recorded family members posed against exotic plants as proof of travel to warm places.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: the woman and the minor are identifiable but unnamed, so likeness and consent questions remain for commercial use.
Research search match: 1940s colour 8mm home movie, woman in straw hat and boy in pith helmet, tropical garden tourists, vintage holiday portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's botanical garden flower beds, women on the quay and the woman and boy leaving the basket market, then other late-1940s tropical travel clips, then vintage family holiday portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in a straw sun hat and boy in pith helmet pose before red chenille plants in a tropical garden, circa 1948 — A woman and a boy pose before red chenille-plant blossoms, circa 1948.
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Smiling woman with a yellow blossom beside a boy in dark glasses, colour 8mm holiday film, circa 1948 — The woman smiles, holding a yellow blossom, while the boy faces the camera.
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Boy in a printed shirt and pith helmet faces the lens as the woman beside him looks away, tropical garden, circa 1948 — The boy faces the lens as the woman glances to the side.
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Boy in pith helmet turns toward the woman in a straw sun hat before red chenille blossoms, late 1940s home movie — At the end of the shot the boy turns his head toward the woman.
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