Hatfield Pennsylvania USA-1956: Late Night Footage of Brick House with Arched Window

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

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Late Night Footage of Brick House with Arched Window — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1956 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, capturing a dark, grainy nighttime view of a house exterior. The clip shows a textured brick wall with multiple windows, including a prominent arched window, all silhouetted against the night. The image is heavily grainy with a blueish tint, characteristic of low-light 8mm film, creating a mysterious and eerie atmosphere. The camera remains static, emphasizing the stillness and suspense of the scene. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life, perfect for historical documentaries, horror-themed content, or period-specific storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120788178

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Archival home-movie footage from 1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania that can support documentary or period edits needing a brief nighttime exterior of a mid-century residential brick house.
Period detail: The dark brick wall, narrow sash-style windows, and arched window may show mid-century domestic architecture, though the low-light exposure limits architectural detail.
Home-movie behavior: The static home-movie framing gives the scene the feel of an unstaged nighttime observation from outside the building rather than a posed family moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark brick facade, several narrow windows, one prominent arched window, deep shadows, blue-green low-light cast, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense grain, underexposed shadows, a cool bluish tint, and slight frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture from low-light filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short exterior insert, suspenseful transition, nighttime cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about domestic space after dark.
Historical context: The clip visually places a residential exterior in a quiet nighttime setting, offering context for how amateur 1950s film sometimes recorded ordinary surroundings in difficult light.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any location or property identification questions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm nighttime house exterior, Hatfield Pennsylvania home movie, dark brick house windows, arched window at night, and grainy residential exterior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1956 Hatfield residential material, then with other nighttime house exteriors or eerie domestic cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Hatfield, Pennsylvania home-movie frame showing a dark brick house exterior with narrow windows barely visible in low light. — Dark brick facade with faint windows.

Low-light 8mm frame from Hatfield in 1956 showing a brick house wall with a central narrow window and a faint arched window near the upper right. — Night view of windows on a brick wall.

Dark 1956 home-movie frame in Hatfield, Pennsylvania with a prominent arched window, nearby rectangular window, and brick texture visible through heavy grain. — Prominent arched window in low light.

Low-light 8mm frame showing a tall rectangular window and a partial arched window on a dark brick house exterior in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. — Tall window and partial arched window.

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