United States-1958: Child Handling a Fishing Rod and Turning Toward the Camera

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
fishing
outdoor recreation
waterfront leisure
amateur filmmaking
camera awareness

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, with a slightly tilted frame
Setting: outdoor · Dock beside a lake or similar open body of water
Time and weather: Daytime · Warm season suggested by short sleeves and shorts · Undetermined; ripples are visible on the water
Lighting: Natural daylight with the child in deep shadow against brighter water
People: 1 · One child with short dark hair, wearing a horizontally striped short-sleeved shirt and dark shorts, holding a fishing rod and turning toward the camera.
Objects: fishing rod · fishing reel · dock · dock posts · striped shirt · shorts
Colors: blue · purple · black · muted brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The child holds a fishing rod diagonally upward beside dock posts.
Both hands remain around the rod's handle and reel area.
The child turns toward the camera while holding the rod.
The child faces toward the camera against the rippling water.

Child Handling a Fishing Rod and Turning Toward the Camera — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1958 home movie footage shows a child standing on a dock beside rippling water. Wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt and dark shorts, the child handles a fishing rod angled upward across the frame, then turns toward the camera. Dock posts frame the foreground as the handheld view shifts slightly. The projected color film has a strong blue cast, soft detail and deep shadows across the figure.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003868

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: 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 American home-movie shot suits documentary requests for children fishing, dockside leisure and everyday outdoor recreation.
Period detail: The striped short-sleeved shirt, dark shorts and short hairstyle may show everyday childhood dress circa 1958, without fixing a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The child shifts attention from the fishing rod toward the camera, preserving a brief, informal acknowledgment of the person filming.
What appears in frame: A child in a striped shirt and dark shorts holds a fishing rod beside upright dock posts, with rippling water filling the background.
Film character: The projected-film capture combines soft grain, a strong blue-purple cast, deep figure shadows and slight handheld framing drift.
Edit role: Use the shot as a brief recreation cutaway or childhood memory beat, with the turn toward the camera providing its main action.
Historical context: The scene records a child using fishing equipment at the water's edge, a small example of the recreational activity preserved in home movies.
Research note: A minor and a dock are visible; facial detail is obscured, and copyright permission does not establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip matches searches for a child fishing from a dock, American lake recreation and circa 1958 small-gauge color home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's motorboat, water-skier and inner-tube scenes, then with American waterfront footage circa 1958 and broader childhood fishing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A child holds an upward-angled fishing rod on a dock in the United States, circa 1958, silhouetted against blue water. — The child looks down toward the fishing rod while standing beside dock posts.
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Dockside fishing in the United States, circa 1958: a child holds the rod near its reel, with open water behind. — Both hands remain close to the fishing rod's handle and reel area.
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A child turns toward the camera while holding a fishing rod on a dock in the United States, circa 1958. — The child's face turns toward the camera as the rod remains angled over the water.
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In the United States, circa 1958, a child faces the camera on a dock while holding fishing equipment against a rippling-water background. — The child holds the fishing equipment near the waist at the end of the shot.
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