United States-1978: Woman Stroking a Baby's Hair as Another Woman Holds the Child

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

affection
caregiving
infancy
domestic life
everyday gestures
residential life
home movie memory

Shot type: mixed
Camera: handheld · Approximately adult eye level, looking slightly downward toward the child
Setting: outdoor · Residential yard beside fencing, with detached wood-sided houses across the background
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined; leafy trees and short sleeves suggest mild or warm conditions · Dry conditions with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Soft natural daylight with shaded faces
People: 3 · A woman with short dark hair, glasses and a patterned short-sleeved blouse stands beside a long-haired woman in a light collared top holding a baby with a bare upper torso and a light lower garment.
Objects: white picket fence · chain-link fence · wood-sided houses · windows · lawn · trees · porch post · unidentified dark handheld object
Colors: pale gray · cream · muted green · blue-gray · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman with glasses reaches toward the baby held beside her.
The holder shifts the child upright and looks down.
The woman with glasses places her hand on the baby's hair.
The tighter view centers on the stroking hand and the baby's hand near the face.

Woman Stroking a Baby's Hair as Another Woman Holds the... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1978 home movie footage shows two women and a baby outside a house. A woman wearing glasses reaches toward the child while the long-haired woman holding the baby adjusts her grip. The child brings a hand to the mouth as the woman with glasses strokes the dark hair. The continuous handheld view tightens around the gesture, with a white picket fence, chain-link fencing and wood-sided houses behind them.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004807

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: 1978 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 1978 domestic scene supports documentary requests for everyday caregiving and affectionate interaction with a baby in the United States.
Period detail: The long straight hairstyle, light collared top and patterned short-sleeved blouse are compatible with circa 1978, without fixing an exact date.
Home-movie behavior: The holder adjusts the baby while the other woman strokes the child's hair, preserving a brief informal interaction.
What appears in frame: Two women and a baby stand beside a white picket fence, with chain-link fencing, pale wood-sided houses and leafy trees behind them.
Film character: Visible grain, soft focus, muted color, scattered dark marks and handheld reframing give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: The hair-stroking gesture works as a short caregiving insert or an intimate memory beat between wider domestic scenes.
Historical context: The yard, fences and neighboring houses place the interaction within an ordinary residential setting, without establishing the participants' relationships.
Research note: Visible faces include a minor, and residential property appears; copyright permission does not itself establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1978 American home movies showing women holding a baby and stroking the child's hair outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's girl waving, child in a tree, baby riding shoulders or child drinking from a bottle, then with United States scenes circa 1978 and other caregiving gestures.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1978, a woman with glasses reaches toward a baby held by a long-haired woman, with pale wood-sided houses behind them. — The woman with glasses extends her arm toward the child while holding a dark object in her other hand.
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A baby faces the camera between two women in a United States residential yard, circa 1978, while the long-haired holder looks down at the child. — The child turns forward as the woman with glasses reaches toward the head.
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In a United States yard, circa 1978, a woman touches the baby's dark hair while the holder looks down, with a picket fence and house behind them. — The woman with glasses places her palm on the child's hair.
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A close view from a United States home movie, circa 1978, shows a woman stroking a baby's hair as the holder looks down and the child touches the face. — The framing tightens around the affectionate gesture and the baby's hand against the face.
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