United States-1939: Girl Smiling and Changing Expression for the Camera

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1939 · United States · Reel 6930ee94 contains 7 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
domestic life
portraiture
amateur filmmaking
personal expression
period clothing

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static · Approximately eye level
Setting: indoor · Domestic interior with patterned wallpaper and a narrow upholstered edge
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Indeterminate · Not visible
Lighting: Soft frontal illumination with darker background tones
People: 1 · One girl with curled shoulder-length hair and a dark hair ornament, wearing a plaid dress with a pale rounded collar.
Objects: plaid dress · rounded collar · hair ornament · patterned wallpaper · upholstered edge
Colors: black · gray · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl smiles while looking slightly upward and off camera.
She brings her gaze closer to the lens and holds her smile.
She lowers her eyes and tilts her head slightly.
She looks forward again with an open smile.

Girl Smiling and Changing Expression for the Camera — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1939 home movie footage shows a girl smiling in close-up against patterned wallpaper. She looks slightly off camera, turns her gaze toward the lens, then lowers her eyes while maintaining a playful smile. Her curled hair, dark hair ornament and plaid dress with a pale rounded collar remain clearly visible throughout the single shot. The black-and-white image has soft detail, visible grain and slight framing variation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upInteriorBlack & 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003677

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: 1939 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: This circa 1939 indoor child portrait suits documentary requests for American childhood, domestic life and personal home-movie moments.
Period detail: The plaid dress, pale rounded collar, curled hairstyle and dark hair ornament support a broad period around circa 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The girl shifts her gaze, lowers her eyes and changes her smile while responding to the camera.
What appears in frame: The close-up contains a smiling face, curled hair, a dark hair ornament, a plaid dress, a pale rounded collar and patterned wallpaper.
Film character: Black-and-white grain, soft detail and slight framing variation characterize the projected-film capture, with conspicuous amber marks in one sampled frame.
Edit role: The sustained close-up works as a reaction insert or a short memory beat within a sequence about childhood.
Historical context: The portrait records a child's clothing and expression in a domestic interior, without readable text identifying the household or locality.
Research note: An identifiable minor and a private interior are visible; copyright ownership and any applicable likeness or property permissions are separate considerations.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for a smiling girl, a circa 1939 child portrait, plaid period clothing and black-and-white home movies in the United States.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Boy breaks into laughter, Children sharing a book and Girl exploring a globe from this reel, then with comparable circa 1939 childhood portraits in the United States.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1939, a girl with curled hair smiles and looks slightly upward in a black-and-white home-movie close-up. — The girl smiles with her gaze directed slightly upward and off camera.
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A girl smiles toward the lens in a United States home movie, circa 1939, with patterned wallpaper behind her curled hair. — A broad smile faces the camera above the pale rounded collar.
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In the United States, circa 1939, a smiling girl lowers her gaze; two amber-colored image marks overlap her face in this home-movie still. — The girl lowers her gaze as two amber-colored marks cross the captured image.
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A girl in a plaid collared dress smiles with her head slightly lowered in a black-and-white United States home movie, circa 1939. — The girl looks forward again with her head slightly lowered and her smile open.
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