Pennsylvania-1972: Child Climbing Onto a Metal Railing Beside an Adult

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPennsylvania, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · Pennsylvania, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood
outdoor play
adult supervision
balance
everyday life
winter clothing
home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately adult eye level, looking slightly downward toward the child
Setting: outdoor · Grassy grounds beside a paved path, metal railing, stone wall and brick building
Time and weather: daytime · Likely winter or late autumn · Dry conditions with apparently overcast sky
Lighting: Soft diffuse daylight
People: 2 · One young child with light brown rounded hair, a dark toggle coat, dark trousers and lace-up shoes, beside an adult wearing a long dark coat and dark head covering.
Objects: black metal railing · stone wall · brick building · arched windows · glass-fronted display case · paved path · green mittens · dark handbag · toggle coat · lace-up shoes
Colors: dark blue · black · tan · brick red · gray · green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The child stands at the railing with an adult immediately behind.
The child grips the upper bar and begins climbing.
One leg swings across the rail.
The child sits astride the bar and looks toward the camera.
The child remains perched while the adult stands at the left edge.

Child Climbing Onto a Metal Railing Beside an Adult — Clip Details

Likely Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1972 home movie footage shows a child beside an adult at a black metal railing. The child grips the upper bar, swings a leg over it and settles into a straddling position while the adult stays close. A stone wall, dry grass, a display case and a brick building with arched windows fill the background. The continuous handheld view follows the action with slight reframing.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004882

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: Supports documentary requests for American childhood and everyday outdoor play circa 1972, with Pennsylvania a tentative location.
Period detail: The toggle coat, hanging green mittens, rounded haircut and slightly flared trousers support the provisional circa 1972 date.
Home-movie behavior: The child concentrates on climbing, then looks toward the camera while the nearby adult stays within reach.
What appears in frame: A dark-coated child and adult stand by a black railing, with green mittens, a stone wall, dry grass, a display case and arched brick-building windows visible.
Film character: Soft focus, grain, muted color, slight handheld reframing and a thin vertical blue line are visible in the digital recording of projected film.
Edit role: The complete climb provides a short action insert or childhood memory beat, ending on a sustained seated pose.
Historical context: The scene records informal outdoor play in cold-weather clothing, without a readable sign establishing the building's use or exact location.
Research note: A child's and an adult's faces are visible; copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions, and the building's ownership is not established.
Research search match: Matches searches for a child climbing a railing, American childhood circa 1972, toggle-coat clothing and silent small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's child waving outside and waving-and-lifting scenes, then likely Pennsylvania footage circa 1972, followed by other childhood climbing and play scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972: a child in a toggle coat stands beside a dark-coated adult at an outdoor railing. — The child stands beside an adult before climbing the upper rail.
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A child swings a leg over a black railing beside an adult in likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972; green mittens hang beneath the bar. — Holding the upper bar, the child lifts one leg across the railing.
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Likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972: a child with rounded light brown hair sits astride a railing in a dark toggle coat and lace-up shoes. — The child settles astride the rail and faces the camera.
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A child balances astride an outdoor railing with one leg angled outward in likely Pennsylvania, circa 1972; the adult remains partly visible at left. — The child holds the seated pose with the adult still close by.
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