Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Family of Three Playing in Ocean Waves

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

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Family of Three Playing in Ocean Waves — Clip Details

A family of three enjoys a sunny day at the beach in this vintage 8mm home movie from Middletown Pennsylvania, 1975. A young girl in a yellow swim cap and light blue one-piece swimsuit plays in the waves alongside two men in swim trunks. One man carries a black inflatable pool mattress while another holds a tire inner tube. The footage captures candid moments of summer fun, with gentle waves breaking around their legs and the classic grainy texture of 8mm film. The scene evokes nostalgia for mid-20th century American family vacations and seaside recreation.

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: 123221369

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: Useful for 1940s home-movie requests needing candid American beach recreation, family vacation activity, or people wading in surf for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The swim caps, simple trunks, inflatable mattress, inner tube, and soft 8mm color may show late-1940s leisure styling, consistent with the supplied 1947 date.
Home-movie behavior: The footage records unstaged family play as adults and a child-sized figure move through breaking waves while carrying beach inflatables.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include surf, wet sand, two shirtless men, a person in a yellow swim cap, a dark inflatable mattress, an inner tube, swimwear, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie look with visible grain, muted color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and the contact-sheet feel of scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, summer recreation insert, family-vacation cutaway, or transition into a broader seaside sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for informal mid-century beach recreation, with people playing close to shore rather than posing for a formal camera setup.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status remains separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1940s 8mm beach home movie, family playing in waves, vintage surf recreation, inflatable mattress beach scene, and Pennsylvania family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Middletown or 1947 material, then with beach, summer recreation, and family vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1947 home-movie footage, two beachgoers stand in breaking surf as one carries a dark inflatable object. — Beachgoers move through foamy surf with a dark inflatable near the shoreline.

Two men in swim trunks wade near shore, with one carrying a long dark inflatable mattress across the frame. — A man carries a dark inflatable mattress while another stands in the shallow waves.

A person wearing a yellow swim cap wades beside a man holding an inner tube as surf breaks around them. — A yellow swim cap and inner tube stand out as the group plays in the surf.

A beachgoer in swim trunks holds a long dark inflatable mattress while standing in foamy water near shore. — The inflatable mattress is held across the body as waves roll in behind the beachgoer.

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