Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: A Woman Opens Her Coat To Show Her Dress And

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

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A Woman Opens Her Coat To Show Her Dress And — Clip Details

A man in a suit and bow tie smiles at the camera in a 1948 8mm home movie, followed by a woman in a long coat and pearls standing beside a vintage car. She opens her coat to reveal a dark dress underneath, her hands clasped at her waist. The grainy black-and-white footage captures a quiet, candid moment from mid-century America, with natural lighting and a soft focus typical of Super 8 film. The scene evokes nostalgia and personal history, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 123224618

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: 1940s home-movie footage useful for documentary or editorial requests needing candid mid-century dress, posing, and everyday social portraiture.
Period detail: Visible era clues include a patterned bow tie, tailored suit, long coat, pearl necklace, dark dress, and a rounded automobile edge that may show late-1940s fashion and styling.
Home-movie behavior: The subjects appear to pose directly for the camera, with the woman opening her coat to show her dress in an informal family-film moment.
What appears in frame: The clip shows a suited man in a bow tie, a woman in a long coat and pearls, her dark dress, clasped hands, pavement, and part of a parked car.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld instability typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, character cutaway, wardrobe detail, or memory beat within a mid-century family or small-town sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a quiet view of adult dress and camera-facing behavior in postwar American home-movie practice without establishing a public event or landmark.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, but copyright and personal-rights clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm home movie, Middletown Pennsylvania family footage, woman opens coat dress, man bow tie, and mid-century fashion.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Middletown or 1948 material, then with related clips of mid-century clothing, family posing, and home-movie portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1948 8mm frame of a man in a suit and patterned bow tie facing the camera in Middletown, Pennsylvania. — A suited man with a patterned bow tie fills the frame.

A woman in a long coat and pearl necklace stands outdoors beside a car in 1948 Middletown home-movie footage. — A woman poses near a parked car with her hands near her coat.

The woman opens her long coat to show a dark dress while standing outdoors in the 1948 Middletown home movie. — The woman holds open her coat, showing the dress beneath.

A close 8mm frame shows the woman holding her coat open, with pearls and a dark dress visible in Middletown, Pennsylvania. — The coat remains open as the dark dress and pearl necklace are visible.

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