Web preview · 256px highBoy in a pink swim ring pushes a red, white and blue beach ball toward the lens beside a smiling girl, circa 1947 shore play
A boy in a pink swim ring pushes the beach ball toward the camera while a smiling girl and the girl in yellow play beside him.

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A boy in a pink swim ring pushes the beach ball toward the camera while a smiling girl and the girl in yellow play beside him — Connecticut, 1947

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1947
Location
Connecticut, United States
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Still 4 · 8.17s into the source clip
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Boy in a pink swim ring pushes a red, white and blue beach ball toward the lens beside a smiling girl, circa 1947 shore play.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 8.17 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Connecticut-1947: Children Splashing After a Striped Beach Ball in Shallow Water

Connecticut-1947: Children Splashing After a Striped Beach Ball in Shallow Water

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Source format: 8mm home movie.

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Period detail

The yellow floral two-piece swimsuit and the red, white and blue inflatable beach ball may show late-1940s swimwear and beach-toy styles.

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Warm but slightly faded colour, soft focus, fine grain, handheld drift and scattered dust and scratch marks give it the texture of original projected small-gauge film.

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Children wade in calm, shallow water, consistent with the sheltered Long Island Sound shore, where low wave energy makes wading easy for young children.

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Identifiable minors appear, and their identities are unknown; the film copyright and any likeness or publicity permissions are separate questions to assess for each use.

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