Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Relaxing In The Sun

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

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Relaxing In The Sun — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, showing people relaxing outdoors on a sunny day. A woman in a patterned swimsuit lounges on a lawn chair, while another person in denim shorts lies on a pink towel under leafy green trees. A man in a blue plaid shirt rests in a hammock, all enjoying a peaceful summer afternoon. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and natural light, capturing authentic mid-century Americana and nostalgic leisure.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120787916

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm home-movie clip can support archival requests for mid-century American summer leisure, backyard relaxation, and domestic outdoor cutaways.
Period detail: Visible period detail is limited to casual warm-weather clothing, a fabric lawn chair or hammock, a towel on grass, and the soft color palette of mid-1950s amateur 8mm footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged home-movie observation of adults resting in sunlight, with relaxed poses and no apparent performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: The frames show a person reclining on a pink towel, leafy garden shrubs, a sunlit lawn, bare legs, casual shorts, a plaid-shirted man in a hammock, and soft outdoor shadows.
Film character: The clip has a gentle 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, mild blur, faded color, uneven exposure, and a casual handheld or lightly drifting viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for summer, leisure, suburban life, or family-home atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects informal postwar-era outdoor recreation in a residential or garden setting without showing public landmarks, civic events, or identifiable commercial context.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed, while the supplied flags indicate no visible logos, no minors, no audible music, and no clearly identified private-property issue.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1950s 8mm home movie outdoor relaxation, Hatfield Pennsylvania summer lawn footage, vintage backyard sunbathing, and man resting in hammock.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie material, and then with broader 1950s outdoor leisure or family summer footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie frame, a person in casual shorts reclines on a pink towel on the grass beneath leafy garden branches. — Reclining on a lawn towel in sunlight.

A person rests on a pink towel in a sunny lawn area, with leafy shrubs and a soft-focus 8mm home-movie look consistent with the supplied 1956 Hatfield setting. — Resting on a towel beside garden foliage.

The frame shows a relaxed figure lying on a pink towel on grass under overhanging leaves, in archival 8mm footage identified as Hatfield, Pennsylvania in 1956. — Lounging under leafy garden shade.

A man in a blue plaid shirt reclines in a dark hammock on a shaded lawn, with greenery and a bright path or open ground beyond. — Man resting in a shaded hammock.

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