United States-1948: Boy Slides Down a Metal Playground Slide and Runs Off With a Toddler

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1948 · United States · Reel 7786a12f contains 3 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 play
summer recreation
playground equipment
1940s family life
outdoor leisure
amateur home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Sandy playground under trees with a wooden slide platform, white fence posts in the background
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright sunlight with dappled tree shade on the ground
People: 3 · A dark-haired boy and a blond toddler, both in dark swim trunks, and a shirtless adult man in dark swim trunks
Objects: wooden playground platform · metal slide · curved steel handrail · red-painted brace · white fence posts · trees · swim trunks
Colors: acid green · purple · blue-grey · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A boy in swim trunks starts down the metal slide from the wooden platform.
Halfway down, he passes a shirtless man standing at the right.
The boy reaches the bottom, where a blond toddler stands beside the slide.
The two children turn and run off across the sand.
They pass the adult, who stands with a hand on his hip.

Boy Slides Down a Metal Playground Slide and Runs Off... — Clip Details

Filmed in the United States circa 1948, this home movie footage shows a dark-haired boy in black swim trunks sliding down a metal chute from a wooden playground platform with a curled steel handrail. A shirtless man in swim trunks stands at the right as a blond toddler waits at the foot of the slide. The boy lands in the sand and the two children hurry off past the adult. It is filmed handheld on 8mm colour film with a downward tilt, and the colour has faded to strong green and purple.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001965

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: 1948 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: Suits requests for 1940s American childhood or summer leisure footage, giving documentaries and education pieces a complete, real playground slide run.
Period detail: The timber platform, steel slide, curled tubular handrails and dark wool-style swim trunks may show late-1940s playground and swimwear styles.
Home-movie behavior: Unposed, the boy slides down and runs off with the toddler while an adult watches casually, a family moment filmed by someone standing nearby.
What appears in frame: A wooden slide platform with a curled steel handrail, a boy sliding down the metal chute, a blond toddler at its foot, a shirtless man in trunks, sandy ground in dappled shade and white fence posts beyond.
Film character: Heavily faded 8mm colour turns highlights acid green and shadows purple, with visible grain, soft focus and a handheld downward tilt that follow the action.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or a playful cutaway in a childhood montage, with its clear start and finish making a natural transition.
Historical context: It shows ordinary outdoor play on wooden-and-steel playground equipment of a style common in mid-century American public and resort settings.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likenesses of the identifiable minors and adult, who are unnamed; the playground's ownership is unknown, so assess likeness and property rights for each use.
Research search match: Matches searches like vintage playground slide footage, 1940s kids at playground 8mm, home movie children swim trunks summer, and faded colour childhood film.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's 'children climbing playground ladder' and 'children filling sand pails at beach' clips, then other circa 1948 summer footage, then wider playground and childhood-play material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1948 8mm home movie, United States: boy starts down a metal slide from a wooden playground platform — A boy pushes off from the top of a wooden playground platform onto a metal slide, circa 1948.
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Faded colour home movie circa 1948: boy halfway down a playground slide as a man in trunks watches nearby — Halfway down the slide, the boy passes a shirtless man standing at the edge of the frame.
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Circa 1948 United States home movie: boy lands at the foot of a metal slide beside a blond toddler in dappled shade — The boy lands at the foot of the slide as a blond toddler waits close behind.
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8mm home movie circa 1948: two children in swim trunks run off from a playground slide past an adult, United States — The two children run off from the slide past an adult with a hand on his hip.
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