United States-1957: Boy Sampling a Pale Dessert From a Pink Dish

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
eating
domestic life
informal meals
household furnishings
everyday gestures

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Slightly elevated frontal view
Setting: indoor · Domestic dining area with displayed crockery and figurines
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Indeterminate · Not visible
Lighting: Uneven interior illumination with a bright foreground and dark background
People: 2 · One young boy with short hair, a striped sweater and dark suspenders; a second person is visible only as a forearm and hand at the right near the end.
Objects: pink dessert dish · pale dessert · patterned tablecloth · wooden chair · yellow box · dark shallow dish · cups · stacked plates · ceramic figurines · decorative shelf edging · display shelves
Colors: purple · red · cream · pink · dark brown · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy smiles over the pink dessert dish.
He reaches toward the pale dessert.
He brings one hand to his mouth.
He reaches toward the dish again as an adult's forearm enters at right.

Boy Sampling a Pale Dessert From a Pink Dish — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a young boy seated at a patterned dining table with a pale dessert in a small pink dish. Wearing a striped sweater and dark suspenders, he smiles, looks down and brings one hand to his mouth before reaching toward the dish again. A slightly unsteady medium view includes shelves of crockery and figurines behind him, with an adult's forearm entering at the right near the end.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003716

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 United States scene, circa 1957, supports documentary requests for children eating dessert and informal midcentury domestic life.
Period detail: The boy's striped sweater, dark suspenders and short haircut appear alongside crowded crockery shelves and decorative white edging.
Home-movie behavior: The boy smiles, concentrates on his dish and brings a hand to his mouth during an informal moment at the table.
What appears in frame: A boy sits in a wooden chair beside a pink dessert dish, patterned tablecloth, yellow box, dark shallow dish and shelves of crockery.
Film character: Soft detail, visible grain, uneven exposure and slight framing shifts give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: The short continuous action works as a domestic cutaway or childhood memory beat, with the hand-to-mouth gesture providing an edit point.
Historical context: The clothing, table covering and displayed household ceramics offer a small view of a midcentury domestic interior.
Research note: A recognizable minor, a partial adult, decorative figurines and a private interior are visible; footage copyright does not itself establish likeness, artwork or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for United States home movies circa 1957, a boy tasting dessert and midcentury children at a dining table.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's family dinner and present-opening scenes, then United States domestic footage circa 1957, followed by other childhood eating moments.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1957, a smiling boy raises a hand over his pink dessert dish beneath shelves of crockery and figurines. — The boy smiles with one hand raised beside his dessert dish.
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A boy in a striped sweater looks down at the dining table in a United States domestic home movie, circa 1957. — The boy lowers his gaze toward the table.
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In a United States home movie, circa 1957, a boy brings one hand to his mouth while seated beside a pink dish of pale dessert. — A clear hand-to-mouth gesture marks the boy's tasting action.
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A boy reaches toward dessert at a patterned table in the United States, circa 1957, while an adult's forearm enters the foreground. — The boy reaches back toward his dish as an adult's hand appears at the table.
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