Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Man Walking Into Field

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

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Man Walking Into Field — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored suit walks away from the camera across a grassy field in this vintage 8mm home movie from Middletown, Pennsylvania, 1975. Shot through a dark frame, possibly a window, the footage shows the man moving steadily into the distance under an overcast sky. The image has a distinct purple color cast and visible film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the mid-1970s. Trees dot the horizon, and the overall mood is quiet and contemplative, capturing a candid moment of solitude in nature.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123211082

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s archival requests needing a quiet home-movie shot of a lone adult walking away across open grass for documentary or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The light suit, soft focus, and open field may show mid-century casual or dress outdoor activity, with no visible landmarks to confirm a specific local setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged private-film moment as the camera watches a man walk steadily away into a grassy field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include one adult man, a light-colored suit, open grass, distant trees, overcast sky, dark window-like framing, and soft horizon detail.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted exposure, purple color shift, and contact-frame edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative insert, transition, departure beat, or visual memory cutaway within a personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives a modest view of outdoor movement and open land in archival home-movie form without showing public events or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: One adult person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or obvious private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm home movie man walking in field, Middletown Pennsylvania archival footage, and solitary outdoor vintage film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with shots from the same reel, then other Middletown or 1947 material, and then broader themes of solitary walking, fields, and home-movie memory.

Still Frames From This Clip

In archival home-movie footage from Middletown, Pennsylvania, a man in a light suit is seen from behind near an open grassy field. — A man in a light suit stands or begins walking away toward open grass and distant trees.

The man continues walking away across a grassy Middletown field, framed by dark film or window edges and a soft tree line. — The figure moves farther into the field under a pale, overcast sky.

A rear view shows the suited man farther from the camera in the open field, with visible grain, color shift, and dark frame borders. — The man walks deeper into the field, with trees blurred in the distance.

Near the end of the clip, the man appears smaller as he walks away across the Middletown field toward distant trees. — The figure recedes across the grass, emphasizing distance and quiet movement.

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