United States-1952: Toddler in a High Chair Raises Both Arms, Then Eats a Bread Roll

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1952 · United States · Reel 611232d5 contains 2 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
mealtime
family home life
early development
mid-century domestic life
home movies
playfulness

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: indoor · domestic interior with a wooden high chair in front of a panelled wall with a chair rail
Time and weather: unknown · unknown · not applicable (indoors)
Lighting: artificial indoor light, soft and flat with a shadow on the wall behind the chair
People: 1 · One blond toddler in a green cardigan over a white printed bib, seated in a high chair and eating a large bread roll.
Objects: wooden high chair · oval high chair tray · patterned seat pad · bread roll · bib · green cardigan · panelled wall · chair rail
Colors: green · violet · magenta · pale beige
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The toddler throws both arms up with mouth open, bread roll in hand.
The child lowers the roll and starts eating, elbows on the tray.
Holding the bread in both hands, the toddler bites and looks at the camera.
The child pulls the roll away and opens wide toward the camera.

Toddler in a High Chair Raises Both Arms, Then Eats a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1952, home movie footage shows a blond toddler in a green cardigan and white bib sitting in a wooden high chair against a panelled wall. The clip opens with both arms thrown up, then the child settles and eats a large bread roll held in both hands, elbows resting on the oval tray. One steady medium shot keeps the child centred throughout, on faded 8mm colour film with a strong green and magenta cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001890

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: 1952 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 authentic circa 1952 American home-movie footage of a toddler at mealtime, for documentaries, education pieces and nostalgic commercial montages.
Period detail: The hoop-backed wooden high chair with turned legs, the knitted cardigan and bib, and the faded colour reversal stock may show an early-1950s household.
Home-movie behavior: A parent's camera catches a toddler's unprompted arms-up burst and then the absorbed, unhurried business of eating a roll, with the child glancing back at the filmmaker.
What appears in frame: A blond toddler in a green cardigan and printed bib, a curved high chair back with a patterned pad, an oval wooden tray with a side knob, a large bread roll, and a panelled wall with a chair rail.
Film character: Faded 8mm colour with a heavy green and magenta cast, soft focus, fine grain, dust specks and a passing hair give the shot a worn, lived-in home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a childhood memory beat or cutaway, with the arms-up opening giving a lively in-point and the steady eating section holding well under narration.
Historical context: The scene reflects an ordinary family filming a young child at home on colour 8mm, a practice that grew after Kodachrome reached the gauge in 1936.
Research note: The child is identifiable and unnamed, and the scene is a private home; copyright in the film is separate from likeness and privacy questions, so assess each before use.
Research search match: Fits searches such as 1950s toddler in high chair, vintage baby eating bread, 8mm family home movie mealtime, and faded colour childhood footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's shot of an older boy eating dinner at a table, then with other circa 1950s American domestic interiors, then with vintage childhood mealtime scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Toddler eating a bread roll in a hoop-backed high chair against a panelled wall, United States, circa 1952, 8mm home movie — A toddler settles in to eat a large bread roll in a wooden high chair, circa 1952.
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Blond child with elbows on a wooden high chair tray holding a bread roll, faded colour 8mm film, United States, circa 1952 — Elbows on the tray, the child grips the roll in both hands and looks at the camera.
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Child in a green cardigan chewing a bread roll at a high chair, green and magenta faded home movie, likely 1950s United States — The toddler chews on the end of the roll in a steady, centred medium shot.
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Toddler biting a bread roll in a wooden high chair, soft-focus faded 8mm frame with a hair across it, United States, circa 1952 — Still eating, the child bites into the roll; a hair on the film crosses the frame.
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