United States-1945: Woman's Hands Wash a Newborn Lying in a Fabric Bathinette

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Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1945 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

newborn care
bath time
early parenthood
domestic routine
family life
mid-century home life
touch and care

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: indoor · home interior with a folding baby bath
Time and weather: unknown (indoor)
Lighting: bright indoor light from above with dark surroundings
People: 2 · An unclothed newborn lying in the bath and the arm and hand of a woman in a short patterned sleeve; her face is not shown.
Objects: folding bathinette · fabric sling tub · tubular metal frame · patterned pad · white washcloth · water
Colors: black · white · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman's hand washes the newborn's side and arm in the sling.
The hand draws back and the baby looks up with its mouth open.
The hand returns to wash the chest and belly.
A white washcloth appears as she washes the infant's belly.

Woman's Hands Wash a Newborn Lying in a Fabric Bathinette — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1945, home movie footage shows a newborn lying in the fabric sling of a folding bathinette while a woman's arm, in a short patterned sleeve, reaches in from the left to wash it. Her hand moves over the chest and belly, and near the end a white washcloth shows in her fingers. The wet infant looks upward with its mouth open. The single black-and-white shot is filmed from above at the foot of the bath with a near-steady camera.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001908

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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.

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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: 1945 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 1940s-era American home life, infant care or early parenthood, as a short, intimate insert for documentary, museum or commercial work.
Period detail: The folding fabric-sling bathinette on a tubular metal stand and the black-and-white reversal stock may show a mid-century home, circa 1945.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged family moment: a woman's hands wash a newborn while someone close by films from the foot of the bath, keeping the baby's upturned face in view.
What appears in frame: A wet newborn lies in a fabric sling, a woman's bare forearm in a patterned sleeve reaches in, a white washcloth appears, and metal rails and a patterned pad line the right side.
Film character: Even black-and-white grain, rounded projected frame corners and bright highlights on wet skin give the shot a warm, period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or cutaway inside a family-history sequence, or as an insert when a story turns to birth and early childhood.
Historical context: The bathinette, a flexible tub on a collapsible stand, was trademarked in 1937 and still described as well known in a 1951 patent filing, matching home bathing routines of the period.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: the infant's face is clearly visible and the infant is unclothed, the adult is not identifiable, and the setting is a private home, so publication may need care.
Research search match: Matches searches such as vintage baby bath footage, 1940s newborn home movie, bathinette film, and black and white infant care clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the other bath shots from this reel, then with circa 1940s US domestic home movies, then with clips on infant care and early parenthood.

Still Frames From This Clip

A woman's hand washes a newborn in a folding fabric bathinette, United States, circa 1945 — A woman's arm reaches in from the left to wash a newborn lying in a folding bathinette.
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Wet newborn looking upward with open mouth in a mid-century folding bathinette, circa 1945 — The newborn looks up with its mouth open while the woman's hand moves across its body.
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Woman's hand washing a newborn's chest in a fabric-sling bathinette, likely United States, circa 1945 — Her hand works over the infant's chest as its small hands flex near its body.
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White washcloth in a woman's hand on a newborn's belly in a folding bathinette, circa 1945 home movie — A white washcloth appears in her hand as she washes the newborn's belly.
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