United States-1957: Child Crawling and Playing in Soil Between Blueberry Rows

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor play
rural life
summer
agricultural landscape
everyday activity

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · Slightly elevated view looking down toward the child and along the crop rows
Setting: outdoor · Cultivated blueberry field with broad strips of exposed soil and a distant tree line
Time and weather: Daytime · Summer · Clear, sunny conditions
Lighting: Direct sunlight with defined shadows beneath the bushes
People: 1 · One young child with short light-colored hair, wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt and light shorts, barefoot and moving on hands and knees.
Objects: blueberry bushes · exposed soil · red toy shovel · partly cropped red container · striped shirt · shorts
Colors: green · gray-brown · pale blue · purple-blue · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The child kneels on bare soil between the planted rows.
The child reaches forward with the red toy shovel.
The child briefly turns toward the camera.
The child leans down and stretches across the ground again.

Child Crawling and Playing in Soil Between Blueberry Rows — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a barefoot child kneeling on dry soil between rows of blueberry bushes. Wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt and light shorts, the child crawls forward and reaches across the ground with a red toy shovel. The child briefly turns toward the camera before leaning down again. A continuous wide view follows the activity with slight handheld movement, while the planted rows recede toward a distant tree line.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004497

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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 scene supports documentary requests for rural American childhood, barefoot outdoor play, and everyday activity in a cultivated field.
Period detail: The child's striped short-sleeved shirt, loose shorts, and simple red play implement are compatible with the provisional circa 1957 date.
Home-movie behavior: The child remains absorbed in ground-level play, briefly acknowledging the camera before returning to the activity.
What appears in frame: A barefoot child, striped shirt, light shorts, red toy shovel, cropped red container, dry soil, and leafy blueberry rows fill the view.
Film character: Soft color detail, grain, slight framing drift, and passing scratches give the projected film transfer a visibly physical archival texture.
Edit role: Use the continuous action as a childhood cutaway or memory beat, with the brief camera glance providing a natural point of emphasis.
Historical context: The scene places informal childhood play within a working agricultural landscape, although no harvesting or adult work appears in this shot.
Research note: A minor's face and cultivated property are visible; copyright permission does not establish likeness or property permissions, and no readable branding appears.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1957 rural childhood home movies, children playing in soil, and barefoot play between blueberry rows.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's blueberry picking and children posing in the field, then United States scenes circa 1957, followed by broader outdoor childhood play.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1957: a barefoot child in a striped shirt kneels between blueberry rows and looks down at the soil. — The child kneels on the exposed ground between rows of leafy blueberry bushes.
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United States, circa 1957: a barefoot child stretches forward toward a red toy shovel on the soil beside blueberry bushes. — The child reaches forward with the red toy shovel while remaining on hands and knees.
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United States, circa 1957: the child briefly faces the camera while kneeling in the soil beside a leafy blueberry row. — A brief turn toward the camera interrupts the child's play.
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United States, circa 1957: the barefoot child leans low and reaches across the dry ground beside the blueberry bushes. — The child returns to ground-level play and stretches forward beside the nearest bushes.
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