United States-1960: Boy Grinning Beside a Baby on a Blue Air Mattress on the Grass

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1957–1960 · United States · Reel 489c9ab9 contains 15 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
infancy
summer leisure
family day out
poolside lawn
mid-century home life
older child with infant

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Sunny grass lawn beside an outdoor swimming pool, with towels spread on the ground and a pale paved edge in the corner
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 2 · A dark-haired boy of about five or six in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark shorts, and a baby in a pale romper lying on its back
Objects: blue inflatable air mattress · towels · white shirt · romper · grass
Colors: green · electric blue · white · pale lavender
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy sits on the mattress edge and reaches toward the baby's legs.
He sits up and rubs his hands together.
He grins directly at the camera.
The camera wobbles as he leans in close to the baby.
He settles back with his hands near the baby's feet.

Boy Grinning Beside a Baby on a Blue Air Mattress on the... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1960, home movie footage shows a dark-haired boy in a white short-sleeved shirt sitting on the edge of a blue inflatable air mattress on a sunny lawn, beside a baby lying on its back in a pale romper. The boy reaches toward the infant's legs, rubs his hands together, grins straight at the camera, then leans in close and settles back. It is filmed as one handheld medium shot on colour 8mm, with towels and a pale paved corner at the edges of the frame.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001748

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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: 1960 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 1960 American summer family life, especially a candid shot of a young child with an infant for documentary, museum or nostalgia-led commercial work.
Period detail: The vinyl air mattress, the boy's crisp white short-sleeved shirt and the cyan-leaning colour stock may show an early 1960s American summer setting.
Home-movie behavior: The boy fidgets with the baby's legs, forgets the camera, then remembers it and flashes an unprompted grin, the kind of unstaged moment only a family filmmaker catches.
What appears in frame: A boy in a white shirt, a baby on its back in a pale romper, a bright blue inflatable air mattress, sunlit grass, folded towels at the edges and a pale paved corner at top right.
Film character: Saturated greens and deep blues with a cool cyan cast, soft focus, fine film grain and a handheld wobble give the shot an authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or emotional cutaway within a summer or family sequence, with the grin to camera as a natural punctuation point.
Historical context: Filmed on the lawn of a large outdoor pool, the shot reflects how families of the period spent summer days with towels and inflatables spread on the grass around the water.
Research note: Stockfilm can license the film footage itself, but the identifiable boy and baby are unidentified minors, so likeness and sensitive-use questions are separate from copyright; no logos or artwork are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches like 'vintage 8mm boy with baby', '1960s pool lawn home movie', 'child smiling at camera old film' and 'baby on air mattress retro footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's 'Boy carrying a big air mattress across the pool lawn', 'family camped on lawn beside public pool' and the pool deck panorama, then with other circa 1960 summer pool footage, then with childhood-and-infant themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy reaching toward a baby on a blue inflatable air mattress on a sunny lawn in the United States, circa 1960, colour 8mm — A boy reaches toward the legs of a baby lying on a blue air mattress, circa 1960.
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Boy rubbing his hands beside an infant on a blue air mattress on poolside grass, United States, circa 1960 home movie — The boy sits up and rubs his hands together beside the baby.
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Boy leaning in toward a baby on a blue air mattress on a summer lawn in the United States, circa 1960, handheld 8mm — Mid-shot, the boy leans in close to the baby as the camera wobbles.
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Boy sitting with hands near an infant's feet on a blue inflatable on a sunny pool lawn, United States, circa 1960 — The boy settles back, hands near the baby's feet, on the blue mattress.
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