United States-1958: Adult Holding a Toddler’s Hand While Wading

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
caregiving
outdoor recreation
water play
assisted exploration
summer leisure

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt · pan · Slightly elevated, looking downward across shallow water
Setting: outdoor · Shallow lake swimming area with several bathers
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely summer · Sunlit conditions; sky outside the frame
Lighting: Natural sunlight with bright reflections and shaded figures
People: 5 · A shirtless adult in dark swim trunks holds a toddler’s hand; the toddler and an older child wear orange flotation vests, with a standing bather and a partially submerged swimmer beyond them.
Objects: black inner tube · orange flotation vests · dark swim trunks · patterned swim bottoms
Colors: gray-blue · orange · black · tan · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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An adult holds a toddler’s hand beside an older child and a black inner tube.
A swimmer splashes behind the pair as the older child moves to the right.
The camera reframes to include more of the adult and a bather standing ahead.
The adult maintains the handhold while the older child wades farther away.

Adult Holding a Toddler’s Hand While Wading — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958 home movie footage shows a shirtless adult holding a toddler’s hand in shallow water. An older child in an orange flotation vest wades alongside a black inner tube before moving farther to the right. Other bathers stand or swim beyond them as sunlight catches the ripples and splashes. One continuous handheld shot follows the group with a slight upward and rightward reframing.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003867

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$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: 1958 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 1958 passage supports documentary briefs seeking American childhood, lake recreation and an adult helping a toddler enter the water.
Period detail: Bulky orange flotation vests, dark high-waisted trunks and short hairstyles are consistent with a midcentury swimming scene.
Home-movie behavior: The uninterrupted handhold and the older child’s independent splashing preserve an informal interaction without visible posing.
What appears in frame: An adult and toddler occupy the foreground, with orange vests, a black inner tube, background bathers, shallow water and sunlit ripples.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, vertical marks and handheld reframing contribute the texture of digitally captured projected film.
Edit role: Use the shot as a caregiving insert or a brief emotional beat within a larger swimming or childhood sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows bathers using flotation vests and an inner tube together in a shallow recreational swimming area.
Research note: Adults and minors appear, with faces only softly resolved; copyright permission and any applicable likeness permissions are separate, and no specific property is identifiable.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1958 American swimming home movies, toddler handholding, orange flotation vests and small-gauge lake recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel’s inner-tube play and family motorboat scenes, then with comparable circa 1958 American lake footage and adult-assisted childhood activities.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1958, an adult guides a toddler wearing an orange flotation vest beside an older child and a black inner tube. — The adult and toddler hold hands as an older child wades beside the inner tube.
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A swimmer splashes behind an adult and toddler holding hands in shallow water, in the United States, circa 1958. — A splash rises behind the handholding pair while the older child remains near the tube.
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In the United States, circa 1958, a shirtless adult looks toward a toddler while maintaining their handhold in shallow lake water. — The adult looks down toward the toddler as they continue wading.
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An older child extends both arms while wading ahead of an adult and toddler holding hands, in the United States, circa 1958. — The older child moves farther out while the adult stays beside the toddler.
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