Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Three Men Standing Outside A Building And Then

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

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Three Men Standing Outside A Building And Then — Clip Details

MIDDLETOWN PENNSYLVANIA-1975: Three men in suits stand on a porch with white columns, one holding a camera and looking through the viewfinder. The man in the center adjusts his tie while another looks on. A vintage blue car drives by in the background. Shot on 8mm film, this clip captures a candid moment with natural light, film grain, and a slightly faded color palette typical of home movies from the 1970s. The scene evokes a sense of everyday life and nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123227493

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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: 1948 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Archival 8mm home-movie footage suited to requests for late-1940s small-town social life, suited men, and candid exterior building cutaways.
Period detail: The suits, fedora, columned porch, and rounded mid-century automobile may show late-1940s dress and street details in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie behavior as men linger, look toward the camera, handle a still camera, and adjust themselves between poses.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three suited men, a still camera, white porch columns, railing, grass, a passing car, and houses across the street.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus shifts, visible grain, uneven exposure, faded color, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, social cutaway, or memory beat for a sequence about postwar community, visits, or men gathering outdoors.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for everyday male dress, casual photography, and residential or civic exteriors without making claims about a named event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm men in suits, Middletown Pennsylvania home movie, porch with columns, candid photographers, and vintage street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Middletown or 1948 material, then with related scenes of suited adults, porches, cars, and gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported Middletown, Pennsylvania footage, two suited men stand on a columned porch as one holds a small camera. — Two suited men pause near the porch columns, with one holding a camera.

A suited man stands near white porch columns, with another man partly cut off at the edge of the frame. — A suited man stands on the porch while another figure enters the edge of frame.

A man wearing a fedora and overcoat stands by a porch column, with a rounded blue car visible on the street behind him. — A fedora-wearing man turns near the column as a car sits or passes behind him.

Two suited men appear softly focused near the white porch columns, with one raising a hand while holding an object. — Two men shift position near the columns in a softly focused frame.

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