United States-1957: Woman Holding a Flash Camera Beside a Boy

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

personal photography
outdoor gatherings
adult and child interaction
midcentury clothing
everyday technology
home movie observation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level with the woman, looking slightly downward toward the boy
Setting: outdoor · Outdoor gathering beside a building, with leafy branches and open sky
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined; foliage is visible · Clear sky in the visible area
Lighting: Direct daylight with strong shadows across the faces
People: 2 · An adult woman wearing a checked coat and small dark hat with red and pale trim holds a flash camera beside a young boy with short hair; the boy's body is mostly cropped out.
Objects: camera · circular flash reflector · camera strap · checked coat · trimmed hat · dark handbag · building surface · leafy branches
Colors: blue · gray · dark green · black · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman looks down beside the boy while holding a camera with a circular flash reflector.
She continues looking downward as the boy remains turned to the side.
The boy turns toward the filming camera while the woman starts lifting her gaze.

Woman Holding a Flash Camera Beside a Boy — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a woman in a checked coat and small trimmed hat standing beside a young boy. She looks down while holding a camera fitted with a large circular flash reflector. The boy turns toward the filming camera near the end as she begins to lift her gaze. One continuous medium shot frames them against a broad building surface, blue sky and leafy branches.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004427

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: 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 clip serves documentary requests for American amateur photography, women's clothing and candid adult-and-child moments.
Period detail: The small trimmed hat, checked coat and camera with a large circular flash reflector support the circa 1957 estimate without identifying an exact model or date.
Home-movie behavior: The woman looks down beside the boy while carrying her photographic equipment, and he turns toward the person filming.
What appears in frame: The view contains a woman in a checked coat, a trimmed hat, a boy, a camera, a circular flash reflector, a gray building surface and leafy branches.
Film character: Visible grain, soft detail, cool color rendition, uneven exposure and slight framing movement give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use this as a short equipment insert or candid cutaway between wider views of the outdoor gathering.
Historical context: A person carrying a still camera appears within a home movie, placing two forms of personal image-making in the same brief scene.
Research note: Faces and a minor are visible; footage copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions, and the camera brand is unreadable.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1957 American home movies, women with flash cameras and candid outdoor gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's women in hats beside period cars and formally dressed children, then other United States footage circa 1957, followed by amateur photography scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1957, a woman looks down beside a boy while carrying a camera with a large circular flash reflector. — The woman holds the flash camera at her side while the boy looks left.
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A woman in a small trimmed hat bends her head beside a boy, her flash reflector prominent in United States home movie footage, circa 1957. — The circular reflector faces outward as the woman looks toward the child.
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United States, circa 1957: a woman leans forward beside a partly cropped boy, holding a camera beneath its broad circular flash reflector. — The camera and reflector remain visible against the woman's checked coat.
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A boy turns toward the filming camera beside a woman carrying a reflector-equipped camera in the United States, circa 1957. — The boy faces forward near the end of the shot, with the woman's flash camera beside him.
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