New York-1968: Boy Dancing Beside Children Playing in a Cardboard Box

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 · New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
indoor play
informal dancing
domestic life
performance for the camera
improvised play

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt · Approximately eye level, with slight downward reframing
Setting: indoor · Domestic room with upholstered seating, a large cardboard box and a projection screen
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Indeterminate · Not visible
Lighting: Uneven indoor illumination with a bright screen surface and darker background
People: 5 · A boy in a striped short-sleeved shirt and purple shorts dances in front of three other children; a partially cropped adult appears at the left edge.
Objects: large open cardboard box · yellow upholstered chair · lowered projection screen · screen support stand · small white rectangular box · striped shirt · purple shorts · dark shoes
Colors: blue · purple · gray · yellow · white · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy raises his hands near his chin while children play behind him.
He leans sideways with his elbows bent.
He kicks one leg backward beside the cardboard box.
He bends forward and continues stepping with his arms held out.

Boy Dancing Beside Children Playing in a Cardboard Box — Clip Details

Likely New York state, United States, circa 1968 home movie footage shows a boy dancing in a striped shirt and purple shorts. He bends his elbows, shifts his weight and kicks one leg back while other children gather around a large cardboard box. A yellow upholstered chair and a lowered projection screen frame the indoor play. The continuous shot loosely follows his movements, with soft focus, motion blur and visible film marks.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004401

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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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 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: New York, 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: Useful for documentary requests for American childhood and spontaneous dancing at home circa 1968.
Period detail: The striped knit shirt, purple shorts, light children's dresses and yellow upholstery support a broad late-1960s or early-1970s visual estimate.
Home-movie behavior: The boy performs animated gestures near the camera while the other children remain occupied with the cardboard box.
What appears in frame: The room contains a dancing boy, children around an open carton, a yellow upholstered chair, a lowered projection screen and a small white box on the floor.
Film character: Soft color, grain, motion blur, vertical scratches and dark flecks give the projected-film transfer a visibly textured appearance.
Edit role: The brief continuous dance works as a lively insert or childhood memory beat within a domestic sequence.
Historical context: Children use a large cardboard box as part of their indoor play while another child performs for the home-movie camera.
Research note: Children's faces, a domestic interior and indistinct packaging emblems are visible; film copyright does not itself establish likeness, trademark or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1968 American home movies, a boy dancing indoors and children playing around a cardboard box on small-gauge color film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Family waving on sofa and Child playing photographer from this reel, then likely New York state interiors circa 1968, followed by other childhood dance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1968, likely in New York state, a boy raises his hands near his chin while other children gather around an open cardboard box indoors. — The dancer brings both hands up near his face beside the children's cardboard-box play.
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A boy steps through an indoor dance beside children at a cardboard box, likely New York state, circa 1968. — The boy shifts his stance in front of the open carton.
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Likely New York state, circa 1968: a boy kicks his leg backward during an indoor dance, with children and a projection screen behind him. — A backward leg kick carries the dancer across the room.
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Circa 1968 home-movie scene, likely New York state: a boy leans into a dance step in front of other children and a large carton. — The boy bends forward and spreads his stance as the dance continues.
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