United States-1957: Boy in Glasses Raises His Hand to His Forehead

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
domestic life
informal gathering
camera awareness
personal gesture
midcentury clothing
home movie portraiture

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level with the standing boy
Setting: indoor · Domestic interior with adults and children grouped closely together
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Indeterminate · Not visible
Lighting: Bright foreground illumination with strong eyeglass reflections and a dark background
People: 6 · A boy with glasses is central; a standing woman and seated woman are at left, with a young child's head below and two additional partially cropped figures at right.
Objects: eyeglasses · blue striped collared shirt · small chest patch · patterned neck scarf · orange skirt · dark trousers · belt
Colors: blue · black · orange · brown · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The boy stands with his arms lowered and looks down.
He lifts his gaze toward the camera.
He raises his right hand beside his head.
His hand reaches his forehead in a salute-like gesture.

Boy in Glasses Raises His Hand to His Forehead — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a boy in glasses and a blue striped shirt standing among adults and children indoors. He looks down, faces the camera, then raises his right hand toward his forehead in a brief salute-like gesture. A smiling woman sits at the lower left, while another stands behind him wearing a patterned neck scarf. The single medium shot has slight framing drift, visible grain and a dark background.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004425

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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: 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 circa 1957 American interior supports documentary requests for childhood portraits, everyday clothing and spontaneous responses to a home movie camera.
Period detail: Thick-framed eyeglasses, a striped collared shirt, a patterned neck scarf and an orange skirt support the provisional circa 1957 setting.
Home-movie behavior: The boy notices the camera and lifts his hand to his forehead while nearby people remain casually grouped around him.
What appears in frame: The view contains a boy in glasses, a blue striped shirt, a small chest patch, a seated smiling woman, a patterned scarf and an orange skirt.
Film character: Visible grain, warm color, deep shadows, hand-motion softness and slight framing drift give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: The brief gesture works as a childhood portrait insert, a reaction cutaway or a personal memory beat.
Historical context: The close grouping and everyday clothing show an informal domestic gathering without establishing a specific occasion or relationships.
Research note: Identifiable adults and minors appear in a domestic interior; copyright licensing is separate from any likeness or property permissions, and the small shirt patch is unreadable.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for a circa 1957 boy in glasses, a striped shirt portrait and a salute-like gesture in American small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's child pointing toward the camera or baby interaction, then other United States interiors circa 1957, followed by childhood gestures.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a United States interior, circa 1957, a boy in glasses looks down while a seated woman smiles beside him. — The boy looks down with his arms lowered as adults stand and sit nearby.
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A boy faces the camera in a United States home, circa 1957, wearing thick-framed glasses and a blue striped collared shirt. — The boy lifts his gaze toward the camera before raising his hand.
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In the United States, circa 1957, a bespectacled boy lifts his right hand beside his head during an indoor gathering. — His right elbow bends as his open hand rises above eye level.
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A boy in glasses makes a salute-like gesture in a United States interior, circa 1957, with another child visible at the right edge. — The boy's raised hand reaches his forehead near the end of the shot.
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