Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Two People In The Water Anchoring Themselves From

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

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Two People In The Water Anchoring Themselves From — Clip Details

Two people in the ocean, one wearing a white swim cap, sit on a surfboard or float in shallow water as waves roll in. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a vintage home movie aesthetic with a strong purple color cast and film grain. The scene captures a quiet, nostalgic moment of seaside recreation, with the subjects appearing to relax or anchor themselves against the current. The image is framed by the black borders of a film projector, enhancing its retro feel.

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: 123221411

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 requests for 1940s home-movie beach recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century swimwear and leisure behavior, though the frames offer few precise dating clues beyond the supplied 1947 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Two people appear to steady themselves together on a surfboard or float in shallow surf, giving the clip an unstaged recreational home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two people in the water, a white swim cap, dark surfboard or float, rolling waves, foam, open water, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows grain, soft focus, purple color shift, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that signal original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, seaside memory beat, transition, or insert for mid-century leisure and water recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual water recreation filmed from a distance, with no visible landmarks or events confirming a specific shoreline setting.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status remains separate from personal clearance.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s 8mm beach home movie, two people in surf, white swim cap, vintage ocean recreation, and people holding a surfboard.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1947 Middletown-labeled material, and then with broader vintage beach recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two people, one wearing a white swim cap, steady themselves on a dark board or float in shallow surf in archival 8mm footage. — Two people hold a board or float while sitting low in the surf.

Two people sit or brace in shallow water near a dark surfboard or float, with waves moving toward the camera. — The pair stays together in shallow water as a wave approaches.

Two people appear seated or crouched around a dark board or float in shallow surf, framed by the soft grain of 8mm film. — The two figures keep hold of the board in the shallow surf.

Two people on or beside a dark board meet a breaking wave, with white foam surrounding them in a soft 8mm frame. — A wave breaks around the pair as they hold onto the board.

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