United States-1956: Two Boys Handling a Fishing Rod Beside an Open Car Trunk

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1956 · United States · Reel 992e4287 contains 11 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor recreation
fishing preparation
everyday life
automobile travel
informal leisure

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Near eye level, looking slightly downward toward the children and rear of the car.
Setting: outdoor · Grassy roadside or parking area beside dense shrubs, with distant vehicles and a wooded ridge.
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely summer · Sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight with bright chrome reflections and deep shadows inside the trunk.
People: 3 · Two boys with short hair wear striped short-sleeved shirts; the taller boy wears gray trousers and handles the rod, while a third person's cropped arm and torso briefly enter at the opening right edge.
Vehicles: Foreground automobile with raised trunk lid and chrome trim · Several distant parked automobiles
Objects: Long fishing rod · Raised trunk lid · Rear automobile lamps · Chrome bumper and trim · Utility pole · Shrubs · Grass
Colors: green · dark blue · cream · gray · sky blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two boys stand beside the open trunk as a cropped adult arm appears at the right edge.
The taller boy holds the fishing rod almost horizontally toward the shrubs.
The taller boy turns away and raises the rod diagonally.
The boys remain beside the car with the rod pointing upward.

Two Boys Handling a Fishing Rod Beside an Open Car Trunk — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1956 home movie footage shows two boys in striped shirts beside the open trunk of a parked automobile. The taller boy holds a long fishing rod across the picture, then turns away and raises its tip while the smaller boy stands nearby. A brief handheld view includes dense shrubs, a utility pole, distant parked vehicles and a wooded ridge. Bright sunlight catches the car's chrome trim against the dark trunk interior.

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: 800004460

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: 1956 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 1956 American home movie supplies a brief childhood recreation scene with fishing equipment and a period automobile.
Period detail: Striped short-sleeved shirts, gray trousers and a rounded automobile with prominent rear lamps and chrome trim support a circa 1956 setting.
Home-movie behavior: The boys attend to the rod and each other, then turn away from the camera during an informal outdoor moment.
What appears in frame: Two striped-shirt boys stand beside a raised trunk lid, with a long rod, chrome rear trim, leafy shrubs, a utility pole and distant cars visible.
Film character: Soft grain, saturated greens and blues, strong sunlit highlights and scattered film marks remain visible in the projected-film capture.
Edit role: Use it as a preparation insert before fishing footage or as a short childhood memory beat between wider outing scenes.
Historical context: The visible combination of children, portable fishing equipment and a parked automobile places outdoor leisure alongside everyday motoring.
Research note: Children, partly visible faces and an automobile appear; copyright permission is separate from likeness and property permissions, and no readable brand mark is visible.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1956 American boys with fishing gear, children beside an open car trunk and color small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's lakeside fishermen or two-tone automobile, then other United States footage from circa 1956, followed by broader childhood fishing preparation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two striped-shirt boys beside an open car trunk in the United States, circa 1956, with the taller child holding a fishing rod toward dense shrubs. — The taller boy looks down toward the smaller child while holding the rod across the sunlit scene.
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In the United States, circa 1956, a taller boy holds a fishing rod nearly level while a smaller striped-shirt boy stands by the car's rear lamp. — The rod extends nearly horizontally as the boys stand close to the rear of the parked automobile.
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A boy raises a fishing rod diagonally beside a parked automobile in the United States, circa 1956; a smaller child stands in the foreground. — Turning toward the shrubs, the taller boy lifts the rod while the smaller child stays beside the vehicle.
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Two boys seen from behind beside an open car trunk in the United States, circa 1956, with a fishing rod pointing upward against green foliage. — The raised rod reaches toward the top of the frame as both boys face away from the camera.
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