United States-1959: Child Bending to Pet a Dog Beside a Doghouse

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Childhood
Pet companionship
Domestic life
Outdoor activity
Everyday leisure
Home filmmaking

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · Slightly elevated, looking downward into the yard
Setting: outdoor · Grassy domestic yard with wire fencing, bare soil patches and a wooden doghouse
Time and weather: Daytime · Spring or summer · Dry and sunny
Lighting: Direct sunlight with strong shadows and uneven projected-film brightness
People: 1 · One child with short waved hair, wearing a gray collared long-sleeved top, loose dark trousers and light shoes, bends beside the dog and smiles toward the camera.
Animals: Small dark-and-light-coated dog
Objects: Wooden doghouse · Low wooden platform · Loose wooden boards · Wire fencing · Fence posts · Garden plots
Colors: green · dark blue · gray · brown · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A child bends beside a small dog with a hand on its head.
The child looks toward the camera while remaining beside the animal.
The shifted framing reveals more of the wooden doghouse at the left.
The child continues smiling toward the camera with the dog close by.

Child Bending to Pet a Dog Beside a Doghouse — Clip Details

United States, circa 1959 home movie footage shows a child bending beside a small dog on a wooden platform in a grassy yard. The child rests a hand on the animal's head and looks toward the camera, with wire fencing and bare garden patches behind them. A slight handheld reframe brings a dark wooden doghouse into view at the left. The continuous wide shot has soft detail, visible grain and uneven projected-film illumination.

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: 800003739

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: 1959 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 1959 United States home-movie shot serves documentary requests for childhood, pet companionship and everyday domestic activity.
Period detail: The collared top, loose dark trousers and short waved hairstyle support a mid-century appearance without establishing an exact year.
Home-movie behavior: The child keeps a hand on the dog while smiling toward the person filming, giving the interaction a personal home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: A child and small dog occupy a wooden platform beside a dark doghouse, with loose boards, grass, bare soil and wire fencing around them.
Film character: Grain, soft detail, muted color and uneven illumination give the projected-film capture its visible archival texture.
Edit role: The four-second continuous shot works as a childhood memory beat or a domestic cutaway between longer scenes.
Historical context: The pet shelter, fenced ground and informal interaction show how the yard functions as a setting for everyday activity.
Research note: A child's face and a domestic yard are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1959 child-and-dog home movies, wooden doghouses and United States backyard pet scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's smiling child outdoors and cat turning on a porch, then with United States scenes from circa 1959 or other childhood pet interactions.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1959: a child in a gray top and dark trousers bends to touch a small dog on a wooden platform in a grassy yard. — The child bends beside the dog with one hand resting on its head.
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A child smiles toward the camera while petting a small dog in a grassy United States yard, circa 1959. — The child looks toward the camera while keeping a hand on the dog.
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United States, circa 1959: the wider yard view includes a child petting a dog, a dark doghouse and boards beside the platform. — The doghouse enters the left side of the frame as the child remains beside the pet.
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A smiling child leans over a small dog beside its wooden shelter in a fenced United States yard, circa 1959. — The child and dog remain together on the platform beside the wooden shelter.
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