Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Man in Plaid Shirt Relaxing in Hammock

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

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Man in Plaid Shirt Relaxing in Hammock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, showing a man in a blue and black plaid shirt relaxing in a hammock on a grassy lawn. The scene captures a peaceful summer day with dappled sunlight filtering through trees, the man reclining with his hands behind his head, and another person briefly visible nearby. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking authentic mid-century Americana and nostalgic family memories.

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: 120787959

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 1950s 8mm home-movie clip can support archival requests for mid-century American leisure, older adults outdoors, or relaxed domestic summer life in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The plaid clothing, metal-framed hammock, lawn setting, and soft color 8mm texture may show a mid-1950s family backyard or garden leisure scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged quiet humor of an older man reclining in a hammock and reacting casually to the person filming or someone nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man in a plaid shirt, a hammock, white socks, brown shoes, green grass, tree shade, dappled sunlight, and brief partial views of another person.
Film character: The clip has the soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and motion blur typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, summer transition, or visual pause within a sequence about family, aging, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of everyday home recreation, showing informal outdoor rest rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People are visible, including a recognizable older adult face in some frames, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or location rights assessment.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1950s 8mm home movie older couple hammock, Hatfield Pennsylvania family lawn footage, and mid-century summer backyard relaxation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Hatfield or Pennsylvania home-movie clips, then broader scenes of older adults, lawns, hammocks, and summer family leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm home-movie frame, an older man in a plaid shirt reclines in a hammock across a grassy shaded yard. — Older man resting in a hammock on the lawn.

An older man in a blue plaid shirt lies back in a metal-framed hammock on a shaded lawn in the Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie scene. — Man reclining in the hammock under shade.

The older man appears to laugh or gesture while sitting partly upright in the hammock, with a partial nearby person visible at the edge of the 1956 home-movie frame. — Man gesturing from the hammock.

The older man sits back in the lawn hammock with one leg extended, framed by green grass and shade in this Hatfield, Pennsylvania 8mm home-movie still. — Man relaxing with one leg extended from the hammock.

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