Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Man Laying On Lawn Chair In Backyard

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

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Man Laying On Lawn Chair In Backyard — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Hatfield, Pennsylvania, 1956, showing a man in a blue plaid shirt relaxing on a lawn chair in a grassy backyard. He reclines and smiles, enjoying a sunny day, while another person lies on a blanket nearby. The scene captures authentic mid-century Americana with natural sunlight, lush green grass, and classic 1950s clothing. The film exhibits characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm home movies, offering nostalgic, archival quality for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 120787985

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: 1950s Pennsylvania home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for relaxed backyard leisure, domestic summer life, and informal mid-century family scenes.
Period detail: The visible lawn chair, plaid short-sleeve shirt, blanket sunbathing, and saturated 8mm color may show ordinary 1950s warm-weather clothing and backyard recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged home-movie behavior as adults rest outdoors, smile toward the camera, and sunbathe casually on a lawn.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining man in a blue plaid shirt, a folding lawn chair, green grass, dappled tree shade, leafy branches, a blanket, and another adult lying on the lawn.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, saturated greens and blues, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that give it useful home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for suburban leisure, summer relaxation, or family-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for private backyard recreation in mid-century Hatfield, Pennsylvania, without showing public landmarks or identifiable civic events.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from copyright, while no logos, music, or obvious brands are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1950s Pennsylvania backyard home movie, 8mm man in lawn chair, mid-century summer sunbathing, and Hatfield Pennsylvania family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Hatfield or Pennsylvania 1956 material, and then with broader 1950s backyard leisure or summer family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie footage, a man in a blue plaid shirt reclines in a folding lawn chair on a grassy backyard lawn. — Man reclining in a backyard lawn chair.

A smiling man reclines in a backyard lawn chair in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, with another adult partially visible lying on the grass nearby. — Smiling man resting outdoors.

An adult lies on a blanket on the grass under leafy branches during a sunny backyard moment in the 1956 Hatfield home movie. — Sunbather lying on a backyard blanket.

An adult in a bathing suit lies back on a blanket in the grassy backyard, filmed from a slightly elevated home-movie angle. — Adult sunbathing on the lawn.

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