United States-1957: Smiling Boy Sitting in an Apple Tree Held by a Man in Glasses

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
tree climbing
family outing
farm weekend
parent and child
1950s leisure
orchard visit

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static · low angle looking up into the tree
Setting: outdoor · apple tree in a farm orchard, rural setting
Time and weather: day · early autumn · sunny
Lighting: bright daylight backlighting through leaves, strong sky glare
People: 2 · A small boy in a dark jacket, dark trousers and white socks sitting in the tree, and a man in glasses behind him holding him around the waist, wearing a wristwatch and a red sleeve cuff.
Objects: apple tree · branches · wristwatch · red sleeve cuff · leaves
Colors: dark green · navy blue · pale sky blue · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy sits in the fork of the tree, turned toward the trunk, with a man behind him.
He grips a branch and grins down at the camera.
The man in glasses holds him around the waist, his wristwatch and red cuff visible.
The man leans in close as the boy smiles broadly.

Smiling Boy Sitting in an Apple Tree Held by a Man in... — Clip Details

At a farm signed Herring's Maple Glen, likely in the rural northeastern United States, 1957 home movie footage shows a small boy in a dark jacket sitting in the fork of an apple tree. A man in glasses stands behind him among the branches, one arm wrapped around the boy's waist, with a wristwatch and red cuff showing at his wrist. The child grins toward the camera as he settles on the limb. The single handheld shot is filmed from below, with bright sky showing through green leaves and soft focus throughout.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001693

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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: 1957 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: Fits a brief for authentic 1957 American family footage of children at play outdoors, suited to childhood, rural-leisure or memory-driven documentary segments.
Period detail: The Kodachrome-type colour, the boy's dark jacket and white socks, and the adult's wristwatch with red cuff fit the 1950s, and a reel title dates the weekend to September 1957.
Home-movie behavior: An unposed family moment: the child turns from the trunk to grin at whoever is filming while an adult quietly keeps a protective arm around him.
What appears in frame: A smiling boy in dark clothes perched in a tree fork, a man in glasses behind him, an arm with a wristwatch and red cuff, thick bark, green leaves, and bright sky through the branches.
Film character: Soft focus, blooming highlights and deep blue-black shadows give the handheld low-angle shot the textured glow of projected 8mm reversal film.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or emotional insert within a farm, orchard or family-trip sequence, or as a cutaway to a child's reaction.
Historical context: Families of the 1950s often recorded weekend visits to rural farms and orchards on 8mm, and this reel frames such a trip with homemade title cards.
Research note: Shows an identifiable minor and an adult, none named; copyright in the film, likeness permissions and any property rights for the farm are separate matters, and no clearance is implied.
Research search match: 1950s boy climbing tree home movie; 1957 8mm family farm weekend; vintage apple orchard childhood footage; Kodachrome era child smiling at camera.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Herring's Maple Glen sign, boy entering the chicken coop, egg from a nest box and kitten clips, then other 1957 farm footage, then 1950s childhood play scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy in a dark jacket and white socks perched in an apple tree on a 1957 farm weekend, steadied by an adult arm — A boy settles into the fork of an apple tree as an adult holds him steady, 1957.
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Grinning boy looks down from an apple tree at Herring's Maple Glen in 1957, an adult's watch and red cuff at his waist — The boy grins at the camera from his perch in the tree.
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Boy smiles in an apple tree as a man in glasses holds him, 1950s 8mm home movie from a US farm weekend — A man in glasses, partly hidden behind the boy, keeps an arm around him in the branches.
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Boy beams from an apple tree as a man leans in behind him, low-angle 8mm view from a September 1957 farm weekend — The man leans in close as the boy beams down from the tree.
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