United States-1978: Child Perched in a Tree Holding the Branches

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor play
everyday life
residential life
informal portraiture
home movie memory

Shot type: mixed
Camera: handheld · zoom · Slight low angle toward the child among the branches
Setting: outdoor · Residential yard beside a street with detached houses and mature trees
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry conditions with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with dappled tree shade
People: 1 · One child with dark hair, wearing a white sleeveless top, patterned shorts and dark shoes, perched in a tree and holding branches.
Vehicles: Light-colored station wagon parked across the street
Objects: tree trunk · branches · leaves · detached houses · house windows · lawn · street · sleeveless top · patterned shorts · dark shoes
Colors: muted green · cream · gray-brown · pale blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A wider view shows the child in the tree with houses and a parked station wagon behind.
The framing tightens as the child holds an overhead branch and looks down.
The child smiles while keeping one knee bent against the tree.
A closer view emphasizes the child's face, raised arm and surrounding branches.

Child Perched in a Tree Holding the Branches — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a child perched in the fork of a residential tree, holding a branch overhead and another at chest height. The child wears a white sleeveless top, patterned shorts and dark shoes, with one knee bent against the trunk. Detached houses, a lawn, a street and a light-colored station wagon appear behind the branches. The handheld camera gradually tightens the framing as the child smiles and looks downward.

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: 800004808

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 scene serves documentary requests for American childhood, outdoor play and everyday residential life.
Period detail: The patterned shorts, sleeveless top and large station wagon may show late 1970s styles, consistent with the provisional circa 1978 date.
Home-movie behavior: The child smiles and looks downward while holding branches, providing a casual moment of play recorded from below.
What appears in frame: The shot contains a child, a forked tree, leafy branches, detached houses, a lawn, a residential street and a light-colored station wagon.
Film character: Visible grain, soft focus, muted color and handheld drift give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use it as a childhood memory beat or an outdoor-play cutaway, with the opening frames supplying neighborhood context.
Historical context: The yard, detached houses and parked car place this moment of play within an ordinary residential environment.
Research note: A child's face and residential property are visible; copyright permission does not itself establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip matches searches for circa 1978 American childhood home movies, a child perched in a tree and residential outdoor play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's girl waving and baby scenes, then other United States footage circa 1978, followed by childhood outdoor-play material.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1978: a child holds branches in a yard tree, with detached houses and a parked station wagon behind. — The wider view places the child and tree beside a residential street.
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A child in a white sleeveless top and patterned shorts holds tree branches in a United States yard, circa 1978. — The child keeps one hand overhead and the other against a lower branch.
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United States home movie, circa 1978: a closer view shows a smiling child braced between tree limbs with one arm raised. — The closer framing emphasizes the child's smile and bent-knee posture.
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A child smiles beneath a raised arm in a residential tree in the United States, circa 1978; branches and foliage surround the figure. — The final close framing shows the child's face, raised arm and surrounding branches.
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