United States-1976: Girl in Pink Nightgown Holds Bert Puppet and Pulls On Orange Knit Hat

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas morning
childhood
gift giving
family home life
1970s toys
play
holiday tradition

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: indoor · domestic living room on Christmas morning, crowded with wrapped presents
Time and weather: morning · winter
Lighting: indoor artificial light, warm with a magenta colour cast
People: 2 · A young girl with long hair in a pink nightgown in the centre, and a partly visible adult in blue plaid clothing at the right edge holding a white mug.
Objects: Bert hand puppet · orange knit hat · wrapped Christmas presents · silver star gift bow · green gift bow · wicker hamper · white mug
Colors: pink · orange · yellow · dark green · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl looks down while holding the Bert hand puppet.
She glances toward the right of frame.
She raises an orange knit hat with her free hand.
The hat is pulled down over her head and face.

Girl in Pink Nightgown Holds Bert Puppet and Pulls On... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1976, home movie footage shows a young girl in a pink nightgown on Christmas morning, holding a Bert hand puppet from Sesame Street in front of a stack of wrapped presents. She looks down, glances toward the right of frame, then raises one arm and pulls an orange knit hat down over her head and face. An adult in blue plaid sits at the right edge holding a white mug. It is one close, handheld Super 8 shot with soft focus and a warm magenta cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001935

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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: 1976 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: Meets requests for mid-1970s American Christmas morning footage of a child with a new toy, for documentaries, nostalgia pieces and educational productions.
Period detail: A Sesame Street Bert hand puppet, a long pink nightgown, patterned gift wrap and Super 8 colour rendition may point to the mid-1970s.
Home-movie behavior: A child playing without self-consciousness, glancing away and then pulling a hat over her face, captured by a family member during the gift opening.
What appears in frame: A girl in a pink nightgown, a yellow Bert puppet in a striped shirt, an orange knit hat, piled presents with bows, a wicker hamper, and an adult in blue plaid holding a white mug.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 colour with soft focus, visible grain, a magenta-pink cast and saturated yellows and oranges, typical of indoor amateur film from the period.
Edit role: Works as a quick, lively insert or memory beat inside a Christmas morning or 1970s childhood sequence.
Historical context: Character toys from Sesame Street, which premiered in 1969, were common gifts in American homes in the 1970s, and this shot shows one at a family Christmas.
Research note: Shows an identifiable minor and a partly visible adult with no releases on file; the Bert character is separately protected intellectual property, and the private home interior is a separate consideration.
Research search match: 1970s Christmas home movie, girl with Bert puppet, Super 8 family holiday footage, vintage Sesame Street toys, child trying on hat
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's mother reading a Christmas book, toddler hugging her new doll, girl admiring her new wristwatch and toddler with Cookie Monster, then with other mid-1970s American Christmas reels.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl in a pink nightgown with a Sesame Street Bert puppet on Christmas morning, United States, circa 1976. — A girl looks down at her Bert hand puppet among wrapped Christmas presents, circa 1976.
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Girl with a Bert puppet glances aside toward an adult holding a mug, Christmas morning in the U.S., circa 1976. — The girl turns her head as an adult in blue plaid sits nearby holding a mug.
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Girl in a pink nightgown pulls on an orange knit hat while holding Bert, Super 8 Christmas, U.S., circa 1976. — She lifts an orange knit hat onto her head with the Bert puppet still in hand.
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Orange knit hat covers a girl's face as she holds a Bert puppet among Christmas gifts, United States, circa 1976. — The orange hat ends up pulled over her face in a playful moment among the gifts.
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