Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Well Dressed Man Smiles For The Camera And Fixes Bowtie

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationMiddletown, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Well Dressed Man Smiles For The Camera And Fixes Bowtie — Clip Details

A man in a well-tailored suit and patterned bow tie stands outdoors in Middletown, Pennsylvania, circa 1975. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures him smiling warmly at the camera, briefly adjusting his bow tie with a confident gesture. The grainy black-and-white footage, with soft focus and natural lighting, evokes a nostalgic, personal home movie feel. His polished appearance and cheerful demeanor reflect mid-20th century American style and family memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123224514

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1948 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s home-movie requests needing a brief character portrait of a well-dressed adult man addressing the camera outdoors.
Period detail: The suit, pocket square, patterned bow tie, and dark automobile behind him may show late-1940s formal or social dress in a Pennsylvania home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man smiles, faces the camera directly, and adjusts his bow tie in a relaxed, self-aware pose typical of family-filmed moments.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, tailored jacket, patterned bow tie, pocket square, dark automobile, bare trees, outdoor daylight, and soft frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm footage with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing gives the moment a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, character cutaway, family-memory beat, or transition into mid-century personal style and social gatherings.
Historical context: The clip offers a small social-fashion detail from archival home movies, showing how an adult man presented himself for a casual outdoor camera moment.
Research note: A clearly visible adult face may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and any property or automobile identification should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm home movie man in suit, bow tie adjustment, Middletown Pennsylvania family footage, and formal menswear portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family scenes, then other Middletown or 1948 Pennsylvania footage, then broader clips of mid-century dress, portraits, and home-movie social moments.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft black-and-white 8mm frame showing a close view of a well-dressed man in a jacket and bow tie outdoors in Middletown, Pennsylvania. — Close detail of the man's jacket, bow tie, and automobile edge.

A man in a suit, patterned bow tie, and pocket square faces the camera outdoors, with trees and a dark automobile behind him. — The man stands facing the camera in formal dress beside a parked car.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a well-dressed adult man outdoors in Middletown, Pennsylvania, looking toward the camera near a dark automobile. — The man holds a relaxed pose while looking into the camera.

A smiling adult man in a suit adjusts his patterned bow tie in a black-and-white 8mm home-movie frame from Middletown, Pennsylvania. — The man smiles broadly while fixing his bow tie for the camera.

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