Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Driving Down A Street And Then A Man Walking Into

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationMiddletown, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 Middletown

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Driving Down A Street And Then A Man Walking Into — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a quiet suburban street at dusk. The sequence begins with a car driving down a tree-lined road, its headlights glowing in the dimming light. The scene transitions to a man in a suit walking away from the camera into a grassy field, his back to the lens. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a peaceful evening in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123211061

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: 1947 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: Middletown, Pennsylvania, 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s-era archive requests needing brief home-movie views of suburban driving, residential streets, and a lone adult figure outdoors.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century residential streetscape cues, including detached houses, mature trees, a car with lit headlights, and formal menswear.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, moving from a street view to a man walking away across an open grassy area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tree-lined road, car headlights, detached houses, lawns, a suited man seen from behind, open grass, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, exposure shifts, color fading, gate edges, and handheld instability consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, memory beat, suburban establishing insert, or cutaway between family or travel material.
Historical context: The footage offers a modest residential and outdoor social context without enough visible detail to identify a specific event or landmark.
Research note: One adult figure is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1940s 8mm suburban street footage, Middletown Pennsylvania home movie, car driving at dusk, and man walking in field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Middletown or Pennsylvania material from the same year, then with suburban street and walking themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A car with bright headlights appears on a tree-lined residential street, with houses and lawns partly visible in soft 8mm footage. — Car headlights glow on a shaded residential street.

A shaded residential street in Middletown, Pennsylvania, appears through grainy 8mm film, with trees, houses, lawns, and a dark vehicle shape. — Residential street view with houses and trees in low light.

A residential house and lawn appear behind orange light flare and dark film borders, with trees filling much of the frame. — House and lawn seen through flare and heavy film borders.

An adult man in a suit is seen from behind walking away across an open grassy area, with trees and sky in soft 8mm focus. — Suited man walks away from the camera across grass.

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