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Historic street scenes, family life, travel and everyday details captured on film. Explore individual frames, check the source footage and license the image you need for $49. Each still page lists its download size and permitted uses.

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Child swinging on a metal backyard swing set below a wooded ridge, United States, circa 1976 Super 8 home movie

A child swings forward on a metal swing set, framed by leafy branches, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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Child at the top of a swing arc with a long wooded ridge behind, rural United States yard, circa 1976

At the top of the arc, a child stretches out on the right-hand swing beside the house.

1976 · United States

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Child in a navy and yellow vest on the left swing of a metal swing set, United States backyard, circa 1976

A child in a navy and yellow vest pumps on the left swing below the wooded hills.

1976 · United States

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Child swinging high above a shaded lawn on a backyard swing set below a wooded ridge, circa 1976 Super 8 film

A child rises high on the swing set against a long wooded ridge, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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Circa 1954 home movie, likely New York State: a woman crosses a downtown street beside a dark 1940s sedan and parked pickup

A woman in summer clothes steps across the street as a dark sedan and pickup stand behind her, circa 1954.

1954 · New York, United States

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Woman passes a woody station wagon and a period pickup on a downtown street, probably New York State, circa 1954 8mm film

A wood-sided station wagon, a pickup and a dark sedan line the street as she walks, circa 1954.

1954 · New York, United States

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Rear of a 1940s yellow taxi beside a woman crossing a downtown street under shop signs, circa 1954, likely New York State

A yellow taxi seen from behind joins the scene as the woman crosses in front of the storefronts, circa 1954.

1954 · New York, United States

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Woman in a pale summer dress nears the camera beside a yellow cab on a 1950s street, probably New York State, 8mm home movie

She nears the camera beside the yellow taxi as a dark car passes close on the right, circa 1954.

1954 · New York, United States

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Two naval officers in dress uniform stride across a park lawn with parked cars behind them, United States, circa 1944.

Two naval officers walk side by side across a park lawn, circa 1944.

1944 · United States

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Closer view of two smiling naval officers walking shoulder to shoulder in a tree-lined park, United States, circa 1944.

The officers draw nearer to the camera, both smiling.

1944 · United States

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Two naval officers in dress uniform salute the camera together on a park lawn, United States, circa 1944.

Both officers salute the camera together.

1944 · United States

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Two grinning naval officers drop their salute as they keep walking through a park, United States, circa 1944.

The salute ends and the officers lower their arms, still grinning.

1944 · United States

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Circa 1944 home movie frame of a smiling naval officer and a woman in a light suit walking arm in arm along a tree-lined park path in the United States.

A naval officer and a woman in a suit and wide-brimmed hat walk arm in arm toward the camera, circa 1944.

1944 · United States

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Black-and-white 8mm frame, circa 1944, of a naval officer lifting a hand to his mouth while a woman in a wide-brimmed hat smiles at the camera in a US park.

Close to the lens, the officer lifts a hand to his mouth while the woman smiles at the camera.

1944 · United States

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Circa 1944 home movie close view of a naval officer and a woman in a light suit kissing in a park in the United States, his cap tilted toward the camera.

The officer and the woman kiss in close view, his white-topped cap filling the upper frame.

1944 · United States

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Wartime-era 8mm portrait, circa 1944, of a naval officer and a woman in a wide-brimmed hat smiling at the camera after a kiss in a park in the United States.

After the kiss, both turn and smile at the person filming.

1944 · United States

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White cabin cruiser trailing a wake as it nears the pier at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963, with a wooded shore across the bay.

A white cabin cruiser approaches the pier end at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Cabin cruiser passing the pilings of the Betterton, Maryland, pier circa 1963, the red-roofed pier building rising behind it.

The cruiser passes the pilings as the camera pans to the red-roofed pier building.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Red-roofed pier building on timber pilings at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963, with a white cabin cruiser turning alongside.

The full red hipped roof of the pier building comes into view as the boat turns away from the camera.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Varnished wood stern of a cabin cruiser beside the shaded pier pilings at Betterton, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay, circa 1963.

Seen from astern, the cruiser runs along the shaded side of the pier.

1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States

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Lemon-scented gum avenue centenary sign at the foot of a gum tree in Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, circa 1966.

The sign reads 'This avenue of lemon-scented gum (Eucalyptus citriodora) commemorates the centenary of Western Australia 1929'. Kings Park, Perth, circa 1966.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Sign naming Eucalyptus citriodora and the 1929 state centenary, Kings Park, Perth, filmed on 8mm colour film circa 1966.

Common and botanical names of the lemon-scented gum on the avenue sign in Kings Park, Perth, circa 1966.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Three men approach a red-and-white light twin on an airport apron in Perth, Western Australia, circa 1966, one in shorts and long white socks.

Passengers walk up to a red-and-white light twin parked in front of the terminal, Perth, Western Australia, circa 1966.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Long bonnet, chrome grille and whitewall front tyre of a black late-1940s limousine in Montreal, circa 1950, with freight cars behind.

The pan reaches the front of the car: long bonnet, chrome grille and whitewall tyre, with flat freight cars on the sidings behind.

1950 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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