Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Man Wearing A Suit Walks Towards The Camera And Smiles

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

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Man Wearing A Suit Walks Towards The Camera And Smiles — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored suit and patterned tie walks toward the camera in a vintage 8mm home movie from Middletown Pennsylvania, 1975. The footage captures him from a low angle as he approaches, his face gradually coming into focus with a subtle smile. The scene is set outdoors on a grassy area under an overcast sky, with trees visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, color fading, and grainy texture, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. This authentic archival clip offers a candid moment of everyday life, perfect for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123225236

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: This 1940s 8mm home-movie clip supports documentary or education requests for a suited adult man posing outdoors in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The light suit, patterned tie, lapel pin, and soft home-movie color may show late-1940s formal dress in a casual outdoor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man walks toward the camera and smiles, giving the footage an unstaged family-film greeting rather than a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light suit, patterned tie, grassy ground, overcast sky, trees, soft focus, and the black borders of a contact-sheet scan.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with purple color fading, visible grain, soft focus shifts, and uneven exposure at the frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short character insert, family-memory beat, or transition into a mid-century personal-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small social glimpse of an adult man dressed formally while being filmed outdoors in a Pennsylvania home-movie context.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness and any identity releases.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm home movie man in suit, Middletown Pennsylvania family footage, and smiling man walks toward camera.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Middletown or 1948 footage, then broader home-movie scenes of adults posing outdoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

A suited adult man walks toward the camera on grass in Middletown, Pennsylvania home-movie footage from 1948. — The man approaches across a grassy outdoor area, framed low and partly cropped.

A man in a light suit and patterned tie nears the camera outdoors, with grass and sky behind him. — The suited man comes closer, with his tie and lapel pin visible.

A softly focused close-up shows the suited man smiling toward the home-movie camera. — The man smiles in a close, soft-focus frame.

The man in a light suit stands at a distance outdoors, with trees and open sky in the background. — The shot widens slightly as the suited man faces the camera outdoors.

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