Pennsylvania-1972: Smiling Child Waves and Receives a Yellow Folder

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPennsylvania, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · Pennsylvania, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1972 · Pennsylvania & Florida · Reel 946fb21c contains 10 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
greeting
camera awareness
everyday interaction
cold-weather clothing
personal memory

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Slightly elevated view looking down toward the child
Setting: outdoor · Paved walkway beside a wire fence enclosing leaf-covered ground and bare vegetation
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely late autumn or winter · Dry conditions with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with uneven illumination
People: 2 · One child with light brown hair, dark-framed glasses and a navy hooded toggle coat; one partly cropped adult in a dark coat carrying a clasp handbag and printed material.
Objects: hooded toggle coat · eyeglasses · green corded mittens · yellow folder · green paper or folder · dark clasp handbag · red-and-yellow printed item · wire mesh fence · paved walkway · fallen leaves
Colors: navy blue · black · yellow · green · brown · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The child smiles toward the camera in a hooded toggle coat.
The child begins waving as a green mitten swings from its cord.
The adult offers a yellow folder.
The child holds the folder as the adult's hand withdraws.
The child waves again while holding the folder.

Smiling Child Waves and Receives a Yellow Folder — Clip Details

Likely Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1972 home movie footage shows a smiling child wearing glasses and a dark hooded toggle coat beside a wire fence. The child waves toward the camera, swinging a green mitten attached by a cord. A partly cropped adult hands over a yellow folder, and the child holds it against the coat before waving again. One handheld shot follows the interaction beside a paved walkway and leaf-covered ground.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004881

Rights & Clearance

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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: 1972 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: Pennsylvania, 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 1972 childhood greeting serves documentary requests for everyday outdoor interactions and children responding to a home-movie camera.
Period detail: The navy hooded toggle coat, dark eyeglass frames, corded mittens and adult's clasp handbag support an early 1970s appearance.
Home-movie behavior: The child smiles and repeatedly waves toward the camera while an adult briefly interrupts the greeting to hand over a folder.
What appears in frame: A child in glasses stands beside a wire fence with green mittens, a yellow folder, a cropped adult, a clasp handbag and fallen leaves in view.
Film character: Soft projected-film detail, grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing and a thin violet vertical line give the capture its visible archival texture.
Edit role: The opening smile, folder handoff and final wave form a compact memory beat or a closing greeting within a childhood montage.
Historical context: The cold-weather clothing and direct acknowledgment of the camera show an everyday outdoor moment in likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972.
Research note: A recognizable minor and a cropped adult appear; footage copyright is separate from likeness permissions, property considerations and rights in the briefly visible printed illustration.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1972 color home movies of a child waving in glasses, wearing a toggle coat and receiving a yellow folder.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's railing play and outdoor greetings, then with likely Pennsylvania footage circa 1972, followed by other childhood camera greetings.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972: a child with glasses smiles in a navy hooded toggle coat beside a fenced walkway. — The child faces the camera before beginning to wave.
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Likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972: a smiling child waves beside a wire fence as a green mitten swings in front of the dark coat. — A green mitten swings from its cord during the child's wave.
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Likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972: a child in glasses holds a newly received yellow folder while a cropped adult withdraws a hand. — The child holds the yellow folder after the handoff.
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Likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972: the child resumes waving while holding a yellow folder, with corded green mittens against the coat. — The greeting continues with the yellow folder held against the coat.
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