California-1965: Adults Holding a Small Child’s Hands While Wading

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
caregiving
handholding
outdoor leisure
water recreation
companionship
everyday life

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · Approximately adult eye level, looking across shallow water
Setting: outdoor · Busy open-water swimming area with a low, dry distant shore
Time and weather: Daytime · Warm-weather season; exact season undetermined · Sunny
Lighting: Direct natural sunlight with reflections on the water
People: 25 · Three foreground adults and one small child, with approximately twenty additional bathers scattered behind them; the man wears striped trunks, two women wear one-piece swimsuits, and the child wears multicolored patterned swim shorts.
Objects: white bathing cap · black one-piece swimsuit · blue-purple one-piece swimsuit · striped swimming trunks · multicolored child swim shorts · inflatable swimming floats
Colors: muted blue-purple · brown · black · white · skin tones
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Three adults gather around a small child in the shallows.
The capped woman bends toward the child while the other woman looks toward the camera.
The man and capped woman hold the child's hands as the group begins wading away.
The child remains between the two handholding adults as the nearby woman turns toward them.

Adults Holding a Small Child’s Hands While Wading — Clip Details

Likely California, circa 1965 home movie footage shows three adults and a small child wading in a busy outdoor swimming area. A man in striped trunks and a woman in a black swimsuit and white bathing cap take the child's hands as another woman stands nearby. The group turns and steps through the shallows while swimmers and inflatable floats fill the background. One continuous handheld shot follows their movements from the water's edge.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 800002833

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: 1965 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: California, 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1965 childhood leisure, adult caregiving and informal swimming outings, with California a tentative location.
Period detail: One-piece swimsuits, a white bathing cap, short striped men's trunks and the child's patterned swim shorts supply the visible period detail.
Home-movie behavior: The adults guide the child by the hands, exchange glances and occasionally acknowledge the camera while continuing to wade.
What appears in frame: Three adults surround a small child in rippling shallows, with a white bathing cap, striped trunks, background swimmers, inflatable floats and a distant shore.
Film character: Soft projected-film detail, muted blue-purple color, grain, vertical scratches and scattered marks give the continuous handheld view its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the complete handholding action as a short observational sequence or a memory beat within a broader account of childhood recreation.
Historical context: The shared swimming area shows adults and children spending leisure time together, with swimwear providing more period information than the indistinct setting.
Research note: Adults' faces and a minor are visible; copyright licensing is separate from likeness permissions, and the images establish no property ownership or release status.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1965 swimming home movies, adults helping a child wade and small-gauge footage of outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's amusement park walk or patio play, then with tentatively California footage circa 1965, or other childhood swimming scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely California, circa 1965: a woman in a white bathing cap reaches toward a child beside a man in striped trunks as another woman faces the camera. — A woman in a white bathing cap reaches toward the child while two other adults stand close by.
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Likely California, circa 1965: a child reaches for the capped woman's hand while a man stands to the left and a woman in a blue-purple swimsuit wades nearby. — The child takes the capped woman's hand as the group gathers in the shallows.
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Likely California, circa 1965: a child in patterned swim shorts wades between two adults holding their hands, with another woman beside the group. — Two adults support the child by the hands as they step through shallow water.
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Likely California, circa 1965: two adults hold a child's outstretched hands in shallow water while the nearby woman turns toward the home movie camera. — The child holds an adult's hand on either side while the nearby woman looks back toward the camera.
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