Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Woman Sunbathing on Lawn and Lawn Chair

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

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Woman Sunbathing on Lawn and Lawn Chair — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Hatfield, Pennsylvania, 1956, showing a woman relaxing outdoors on a sunny day. She lies on a red and white striped towel on a grassy lawn, then repositions to a green lawn chair, wearing a light-colored swimsuit. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and slight motion blur, capturing a candid moment of mid-century leisure and sunbathing in a suburban backyard. The scene evokes a nostalgic, peaceful summer atmosphere.

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: 120788025

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: Useful for 1950s American home-movie requests needing a brief suburban summer leisure insert with an adult woman sunbathing outdoors.
Period detail: The light swimsuit, striped towel, metal-framed lawn chair, faded color, and 8mm home-movie texture support a mid-1950s backyard leisure setting in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged domestic moment as the woman relaxes on the grass and then settles into a lawn chair while acknowledging or ignoring the camera casually.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a light swimsuit, a red and white striped towel, a green lawn chair, grass, leafy branches, bright sunlight, and soft backyard shadows.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, faded color, mild exposure fluctuation, and slight handheld blur that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or domestic-life insert within a mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows ordinary warm-weather relaxation in a residential lawn setting and can support visual discussion of mid-century American leisure without implying a public event or named individual.
Research note: An adult face and body are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, music, or clearly identifiable private property details are visible in the provided frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm home movie woman sunbathing, Hatfield Pennsylvania backyard leisure, vintage lawn chair footage, and suburban summer home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Hatfield, Pennsylvania 1956 home movies, and then broader 1950s backyard leisure or summer relaxation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Hatfield, Pennsylvania, 1956 home-movie footage, a woman in a light swimsuit lies on a red and white striped towel on a sunlit grassy lawn. — Woman sunbathing on a striped towel.

The woman continues reclining on the lawn in the 1956 Hatfield home movie, partly shaded by nearby leaves and softened by 8mm motion blur. — Reclining on the lawn in sunlight.

In a later frame from the Hatfield, Pennsylvania clip, the woman lies face down on a green lawn chair, smiling toward the camera in bright outdoor light. — Woman resting on a green lawn chair.

The final frame shows the woman resting on the green lawn chair in the sunlit Hatfield yard, with faded color and soft 8mm focus. — Resting on the lawn chair.

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