Colorado-1971: Children Wrestling and Tumbling in a Sunny Dirt Farm Lane

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · Colorado, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
rough-and-tumble play
rural life
summer
1970s fashion
siblings and cousins
outdoor freedom

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Dirt farm lane bordered by grass, weeds and low shrubs in a rural setting
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 5 · Five young children: a dark-haired girl in a striped sleeveless top and floral shorts, a blonde girl in a pale sleeveless top and floral shorts, a boy in a red shirt and pale flared trousers, a small blond child who lies on the ground, and a toddler in light clothing; several are barefoot.
Objects: dirt lane · grass verge · weeds · shrubs
Colors: dusty lavender-grey · olive green · red · pale yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A blonde girl grabs a laughing girl in a striped top from behind.
The camera widens as a boy in red stoops over a child lying on the track.
The children tangle together in the middle of the dirt lane.
A toddler crouches near the verge while the older children regroup.
The boy in red ducks as the group breaks apart.

Children Wrestling and Tumbling in a Sunny Dirt Farm Lane — Clip Details

Probably Colorado, circa 1971, home movie footage of children at rough-and-tumble play on a sunny dirt lane edged with grass and weeds. A blonde girl grabs a laughing dark-haired girl in a striped top from behind while a boy in a red shirt stoops over a smaller child sprawled on the ground. The group tangles, breaks apart and regathers as a toddler crouches near the verge. It is filmed in one handheld shot under hard summer sun.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001735

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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: 1971 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: Colorado, 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: This clip answers requests for early-1970s American rural childhood, showing kids roughhousing outdoors for documentary, education or nostalgic montage work.
Period detail: Long hair on girls and boys, a red collared shirt with pale flared trousers, and floral shorts with a striped tank top may show early-1970s children's fashion.
Home-movie behavior: The children wrestle, laugh and tumble without posing, so the clip records spontaneous play rather than a staged moment for the camera.
What appears in frame: A girl in a striped top, a blonde girl grabbing her, a boy in a red shirt, a child sprawled on the ground, a crouching toddler, and a sunlit dirt lane edged with weeds.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, a cool blue-magenta colour shift, a fine vertical line at the left and a handheld swing give the clip authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: It works as a lively memory-beat insert or as a cutaway between calmer farm scenes in a childhood or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows the kind of free, adult-free outdoor play common in rural family films of the period, set on a farm lane rather than a playground.
Research note: Identifiable minors appear, so likeness and permission questions apply separately from copyright in the film, and the lane appears to be private farm property.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1970s kids wrestling on a farm, vintage home movie children playing outdoors, Colorado rural childhood circa 1971, or amateur colour film of children's play.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with the same reel's children dancing in a ring, black puppies eating, the girl on a tricycle and the lamb bottle-feeding, then with haying and ranch-house scenes, then with other 1970s childhood play clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl in a striped tank top laughs as a blonde child grabs her from behind beside a farm lane, probably Colorado, circa 1971 — A girl in a striped top laughs as she is caught from behind during rough play, probably Colorado, circa 1971.
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Children wrestle on a sunny dirt farm lane, a boy in red bending over a fallen child, likely Colorado, circa 1971 — Rough-and-tumble play on a farm lane: one child on the ground, two girls grappling nearby, circa 1971.
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Two girls grapple as a boy in a red shirt looks on in a sunlit farm lane, probably Colorado, circa 1971 — Two girls tangle while a boy in red watches, early-1970s rural home movie, probably Colorado.
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Four children play in a dirt farm lane, a toddler crouching beside them, home movie, likely Colorado, circa 1971 — The children regroup in the lane as a toddler crouches nearby, probably Colorado, circa 1971.
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