United States-1957: Young Girl Exploring an Open Portable Record Player

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood curiosity
domestic life
household technology
recorded music equipment
children's clothing
informal observation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt · High angle looking down at the child and record player
Setting: indoor · Carpeted domestic interior with an open portable record player
Time and weather: Unknown · Unknown · Not visible
Lighting: Strong foreground illumination with bright dress highlights and a dark background
People: 1 · One young girl with short brown hair, wearing a pink and white full-skirted dress with puff sleeves, lace edging, a ribbon bow and white shoes.
Objects: portable record player · gray turntable platter · red tonearm · open carrying case · yellow record in the open lid · patterned carpet · pink and white dress · ribbon sash · white shoes
Colors: pink · white · red · gray · brown · dark blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The girl leans over the open player with her hands near the turntable and tonearm.
She brings one hand across her face while remaining beside the player.
She faces the camera with fingers held near her mouth.
She bends back over the machine and reaches toward its red tonearm.

Young Girl Exploring an Open Portable Record Player — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a young girl in a pink and white dress leaning over an open portable record player. She touches the turntable area, brings a hand across her face and then holds her fingers near her mouth. After briefly facing the camera, she turns back and reaches toward the red tonearm. A single handheld shot looks down at the child and the player on a patterned carpet.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 800003713

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: 1957 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 1957 domestic scene supports documentary requests for American childhood, children's clothing and encounters with household audio equipment.
Period detail: The girl's full skirt, puff sleeves, ribbon sash and lace edging accompany a portable case-style phonograph with a conspicuous red tonearm.
Home-movie behavior: The child alternates between touching the machine, covering her face and holding fingers near her mouth before returning to explore it.
What appears in frame: The view contains a young girl, a pink and white dress, a ribbon bow, a gray platter, a red tonearm, an open case and patterned carpet.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, bright foreground highlights and handheld reframing give the projected-film capture its visible archival texture.
Edit role: The continuous action works as a childhood memory beat or a cutaway connecting domestic life with household sound technology.
Historical context: The dress silhouette fits the broader 1950s clothing context, while the child's interaction shows an informal encounter with a domestic playback device.
Research note: A minor's face and a private interior are visible; copyright permission is separate from likeness and property permissions, and no readable equipment brand appears.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1957 American childhood, a girl with a portable phonograph and silent color small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's present opening, family dinner or tinsel-covered tree, then with broadly dated American domestic scenes and children exploring household devices.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1957, a girl covers her face while keeping her other hand beside the turntable of an open portable record player. — The girl holds one hand across her face beside the open player.
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A girl in a lace-trimmed pink dress looks down beside a portable phonograph in the United States, circa 1957. — Fingers near her mouth, the child looks down toward the machine.
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Seen from above in the United States, circa 1957, a girl bends over a portable player, with her pink ribbon bow visible behind her shoulders. — The child returns both hands to the player, revealing the ribbon bow at her back.
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In the United States, circa 1957, a child reaches across an open phonograph with a yellow record visible in its lid beside the gray platter. — The open lid and yellow record appear beside the child as she reaches toward the red arm.
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