Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: A Mom Wiping A Baby Down With Baby Wipes

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

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A Mom Wiping A Baby Down With Baby Wipes — Clip Details

A grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie from Middletown Pennsylvania in 1975 captures a tender moment of a mother gently wiping a baby with a cloth. The footage, shot through the characteristic vignette of an 8mm projector lens, shows the baby lying on its back, partially covered by a bib, while the mother's hands move carefully. The final frame reveals handwritten text on the film leader: 'AND NOW A FEW COLOR SHOTS OF ME!', suggesting a personal, nostalgic home movie. The grainy texture and soft focus evoke a strong sense of mid-century domestic life 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: 123225012

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: Supports 1940s domestic-family archive requests needing brief home-movie material of infant care for documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century private interior, with soft 8mm framing, a baby garment or bib, and handwritten leader text as visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-care moment as an adult gently tends to a baby lying on its back.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult hand, a baby lying on a surface, a bib or cloth, soft interior shadows, film gate edges, and handwritten leader text.
Film character: The scan has strong monochrome grain, soft focus, projector-like vignetting, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges that mark it as physical 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short domestic-life insert, family-memory cutaway, or transition from infant care into leader text from the same reel.
Historical context: The visible scene reflects private family caregiving in a home setting, but the frames do not identify the people, exact room, or wider local context.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review separate from copyright or footage licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm baby care home movie, mother wiping baby, Pennsylvania family footage, and handwritten film leader.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with Middletown or Pennsylvania footage from the same stated year, then with domestic baby-care scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm home-movie frame from Middletown, Pennsylvania, showing an adult hand tending to a baby lying on its back. — An adult hand reaches toward a baby lying on a surface in a grainy interior frame.

Soft 8mm frame of a baby being tended by an adult hand in a private Middletown, Pennsylvania home-movie scene. — The baby remains on its back as an adult hand moves close to the face and shoulder.

Close view of handwritten leader text on the 8mm reel reading, “AND NOW A FEW COLOR SHOTS OF ME!” — Handwritten leader text announces a shift to color shots of the filmmaker or subject.

Darker 8mm frame showing the same handwritten leader note about a few color shots of “me.” — A darker leader frame repeats the handwritten note about upcoming color shots.

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