Sebring Ohio USA-1942: Policeman Holding Black Dog In Arms Giving Him Something

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Year1942
Decade1940s
LocationSebring, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1942 Sebring Ohio

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Policeman Holding Black Dog In Arms Giving Him Something — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1942 captures a nighttime scene in Sebring, Ohio. A police officer in a dark uniform holds a black dog in his arms, offering it a small object. The dark frame is punctuated by scattered, glowing lights—likely from a Christmas tree or festive decorations—creating a nostalgic, intimate moment. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and soft focus, evoking a sense of personal history and mid-century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123129024

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1942 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Sebring, Ohio, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1940s U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief nighttime small-town police or pet-care moment for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1942 Sebring, Ohio nighttime holiday or decorated interior/exterior scene, with era indicated by the supplied home-movie metadata rather than clearly readable visual details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged, intimate home-movie glimpse of a uniformed adult holding a dark dog close while giving it something near a cluster of small lights.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark uniformed figure, a black dog held in arms, small glowing bulbs, a warm red-orange light, soft shadows, and heavy surrounding darkness.
Film character: The 8mm image has coarse grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that give the scene a fragile home-archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, holiday-adjacent cutaway, or intimate insert linking public-service imagery with domestic pet life.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social detail from mid-century American home movies, showing a police-associated figure in a quiet personal interaction rather than a formal public event.
Research note: People and a police uniform are indicated, so likeness and institutional context should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or minors apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm home movie policeman with dog, Sebring Ohio nighttime home movie, black dog held in arms, and vintage holiday lights pet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1942 Sebring, Ohio footage, then broader 1940s home-movie scenes of pets, police, or nighttime decorations.

Still Frames From This Clip

1942 Sebring, Ohio home-movie frame showing a dark uniformed adult holding a black dog beside scattered glowing lights. — A uniformed figure holds a black dog in a dim scene with small bright lights nearby.

1942 Sebring, Ohio footage frame with the held black dog and uniformed adult barely visible in low light near small decorations. — The dog and uniformed figure remain partly obscured in the low-light home-movie frame.

1942 Sebring, Ohio home-movie still of a uniformed adult carrying a black dog near small colored lights in heavy shadow. — A held black dog is visible against the dark uniform as small colored lights glow nearby.

1942 Sebring, Ohio frame showing the uniformed adult holding a black dog as a small object appears near the dog's mouth amid glowing lights. — The dog is held close while a small object or hand appears near its mouth in the dimly lit scene.

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