Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Backyard Scene With Person Tanning Facedown On Lounge Chair

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationHatfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Pennsylvania

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Backyard Scene With Person Tanning Facedown On Lounge Chair — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, showing a sun-drenched backyard scene. A person in a bikini lies facedown on a lounge chair, tanning under a pink scalloped awning. Lush green ivy climbs the wall, and a white picket fence borders the grassy yard. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and natural light, capturing a nostalgic mid-century American summer moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120787847

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2359 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: west coast,paul s fackler
Reel-level year note: 1956
Reel-level location note: wesleyville pennsylvania
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1956 8mm backyard clip can support archival requests for mid-century American summer leisure, domestic outdoor life, or quiet Pennsylvania home-movie cutaways.
Period detail: The lounge chair, scalloped fabric awning, clipped lawn, ivy, and picket fence may show typical 1950s suburban backyard styling without identifying a specific house or event.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie glimpse of a person sunbathing while the camera drifts across the shaded yard and patio area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pink scalloped awning, dense green foliage, ivy on a wall or post, a white picket fence, lawn, patio edge, lounge chair, and a person lying facedown in swimwear.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated summer greens, faded warm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or domestic-life cutaway within a 1950s family or suburban sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual warm-weather leisure in a maintained residential-style yard, with the camera emphasizing outdoor shade, lawn, and sunbathing rather than a formal activity.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable in these frames, so likeness review may still be needed separately from copyright or any location/property assessment.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1956 8mm backyard sunbathing, 1950s Pennsylvania home movie lawn, vintage awning and lounge chair, and mid-century summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Hatfield Pennsylvania home-movie material, then broader 1950s backyard, summer, and domestic leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm frame showing a pink scalloped awning near dense green foliage and part of a roofline. — Pink awning and backyard foliage.

1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm frame focused on dense leafy greenery in a shaded backyard area. — Shaded backyard greenery.

1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm frame showing a person sunbathing facedown on a lounge chair near ivy, grass, and a white fence. — Sunbather on backyard lounge chair.

1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm frame with a person lying facedown on a backyard lounge chair beside ivy, lawn, and a white picket fence. — Backyard sunbathing scene.

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