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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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Circa 1976 Super 8 still in a United States yard: kneeling man in plaid with hands raised while a small boy finishes a swing

A boy follows through on a swing as the kneeling pitcher raises his hands, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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Circa 1976 home movie still, United States: kneeling man holds a ball as a boy in a navy vest turns away with his bat beside a shed

The kneeling man readies another ball while the boy turns back toward the shed, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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Circa 1976 Super 8 frame from a United States yard: small boy swings a wooden bat level toward a kneeling man in plaid and jeans

Swinging level, the boy sends the wooden bat across the frame toward the kneeling pitcher, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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Circa 1976 family film still, United States: boy's bat extends across the frame past a kneeling man in plaid in a sunny spring yard

At the end of the swing the bat stretches across the frame as the man kneels with a ball in hand, circa 1976.

1976 · United States

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A visitor stands in profile in front of the castle-style entrance building at Ruby Falls, Chattanooga, circa 1971.

1971 · Ruby Falls, Tennessee, United States

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Smiling woman in a patterned blouse and vest beside the Ruby Falls castle building seen through spring trees, Tennessee, circa 1971.

The woman smiles while looking off to the right, with the stone building and its tower lettering behind her.

1971 · Ruby Falls, Tennessee, United States

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Woman in glasses turns to the camera with a broad smile in front of the Ruby Falls sign, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, circa 1971.

She turns to the camera and smiles in front of the Ruby Falls entrance building, circa 1971.

1971 · Ruby Falls, Tennessee, United States

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Vacation souvenir shot of a smiling white-haired woman under the Ruby Falls tower lettering, Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1971.

The closing moment of the shot: the visitor holds her smile for the camera beneath the tower sign.

1971 · Ruby Falls, Tennessee, United States

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Festival court in pink off-the-shoulder gowns on a parade float passing spectators in Winchester, Virginia, circa 1954, from 8mm film.

A court of young women in matching pink gowns rides a float past a crowded curb in Winchester, Virginia, circa 1954.

1954 · Winchester, Virginia, United States

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Smiling parade court waving toward the curb, with pink balloons and onlookers behind, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1954 8mm home movie.

The court waves to the crowd as the float passes a white house with porch columns and pink balloons among the spectators.

1954 · Winchester, Virginia, United States

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White filigree chair on a parade float with pink-gowned court members waving under trees, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1954.

A white filigree chair back crosses the foreground as the float moves on, the court still waving behind it.

1954 · Winchester, Virginia, United States

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Close view of a 1950s festival court smiling from a parade float in front of a white house, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1954.

The shot ends close on smiling faces and a high wave in front of a white house with a columned porch.

1954 · Winchester, Virginia, United States

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Yellow tram cabin emerging from behind foreground foliage on the granite cliffs of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, circa 1965.

The yellow tram cabin appears beside a foreground shrub, with the granite canyon wall behind it. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Original yellow car of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway hanging on its cables beside a sheer granite wall, shrub at right, circa 1965.

The car moves clear of the leaves, showing its windows, side emblem and underside against the cliff. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Low-angle view of a yellow multi-sided tram cabin with passengers at the windows, Chino Canyon granite behind, Palm Springs, circa 1965.

Seen from below, the cabin shows its angled panels and the figures of passengers standing inside. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Yellow aerial tram car centred against broken granite cliffs at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, in a circa 1965 home movie.

The clearest view of the car, centred against the rock with passengers at the windows. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Roy Harlow's Coral Sands motel sign top and bracket against blue sky, Palm Springs, California, circa 1956, 8mm film

The shot opens on the upper lettering of the Roy Harlow's Coral Sands sign, Palm Springs, circa 1956.

1956 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Close view of ROY HARLOW'S CORAL lettering on a slatted sign, Coral Sands motel, Palm Springs, circa 1956

Block capitals of the motel name on horizontal slats, with the script 'Sands' just entering below.

1956 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Mid-tilt on the Coral Sands motel sign as CORAL gives way to the script Sands, Palm Springs, circa 1956

Mid-tilt: 'CORAL' fills the frame as the script 'Sands' rises from below.

1956 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Flowing script Sands with arrow on the Roy Harlow's Coral Sands sign, Palm Springs, California, circa 1956

The tilt reaches the flowing 'Sands' script and its small arrow on the Coral Sands sign.

1956 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Boy in tweed coat at a barred rockwork zoo enclosure with a brown bear at left, United States, circa 1949

A small boy poses at the bars of a zoo enclosure as a brown bear walks into view behind him, circa 1949.

1949 · United States

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Child talking to the camera at a 1940s-style barred bear exhibit in an American zoo, circa 1949

The boy talks toward the camera while the bear moves along the rockwork pen behind the bars.

1949 · United States

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Squinting boy in tweed coat with a brown bear turning behind zoo bars, 8mm home movie, circa 1949

A shaggy brown bear turns behind the boy as he squints into the light.

1949 · United States

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Postwar zoo visit: boy at the railing of a barred bear cage as the animal turns away, United States, circa 1949

As the shot ends, the bear turns away while the boy keeps posing at the railing.

1949 · United States

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