United States-1943: Two Small Girls in White Sailor Outfits Waving From a Garden Bench

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
family life
siblings or playmates
matching outfits
summer at home
posing for the camera
1940s domestic life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · residential backyard lawn with shrubs, a lattice panel and the side of a house
Time and weather: daytime · summer · fair, bright daylight
Lighting: natural daylight with soft shade, pale clothing highlighted against dark foliage
People: 4 · Two small girls in matching white sailor-collar outfits and white shoes on a bench; an adult partly visible standing behind them at the start; a seated adult in a light shirt and striped trousers seen from behind at the left edge.
Objects: slatted wooden garden bench · white high-top children's shoes · hair bow · lattice panel · shrubs
Colors: white · black · dark grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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An adult stands behind the bench as the girl on the left begins to wave.
The adult steps away and a seated figure appears at the left edge.
Both girls look down and raise their hands to their faces.
The girl with a hair bow looks up toward the camera while her companion fidgets.

Two Small Girls in White Sailor Outfits Waving From a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1943, home movie footage shows two small girls in matching white sailor-collar outfits and white shoes sitting side by side on a slatted wooden garden bench on a lawn. An adult standing behind them steps away as one girl waves toward the camera, then both fidget, look down and raise hands to their faces while a seated adult edges into the left of the frame. It is a single handheld black-and-white shot at medium distance, with shrubs and a lattice behind.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 800001869

Rights & Clearance

$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: 1943 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: Answers requests for 1940s American childhood or family-at-home imagery, giving documentaries and education pieces a brief, warm portrait of two small children.
Period detail: The black-and-white stock and matching sailor-collar outfits may show 1940s children's fashion, with the date carried from vehicles elsewhere on the same reel.
Home-movie behavior: The girls wave, squirm and cover their mouths while an adult steps away, an unscripted moment of children posed for a parent's camera.
What appears in frame: Two girls in white sailor-collar outfits, their white high-top shoes, a slatted wooden garden bench, a lawn, dark shrubs, a lattice panel and an adult's back at the left edge.
Film character: Handheld black-and-white small-gauge film with visible grain, soft focus, bright whites against deep shadow and gentle corner vignetting.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or cutaway in a family or childhood sequence, or as a soft close to a 1940s summer montage.
Historical context: Dressing young children alike and seating them for a portrait is a common pattern in mid-century home movies, shown here in an ordinary backyard.
Research note: Copyright in the film and likeness rights of the identifiable children and adults are separate issues; the people are unidentified and the private yard may raise property considerations.
Research search match: 1940s home movie children on bench; vintage black and white film girls in matching white outfits; toddlers waving at camera archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's pony ride and Stratoship rocket ride clips from the same summer outing, then with its snow clips of children sledding and shovelling, then with other 1940s childhood footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl waving from a garden bench beside her companion in matching white outfits, United States, circa 1943 — One girl waves as an adult stands behind the bench, circa 1943.
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Two small girls in white sailor-collar outfits gesture on a slatted backyard bench in the 1940s United States — The girls gesture as a seated adult edges into the frame.
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Two girls in white look down on a garden bench in front of a lattice, black-and-white home movie circa 1943 — Both girls look down and fidget on the bench.
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Girl with a hair bow looks toward the camera from a backyard bench, matching white outfits, United States, circa 1943 — A girl with a hair bow looks up beside her companion.
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