Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Well Dressed Man And His Shadow Outside Of An

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

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Well Dressed Man And His Shadow Outside Of An — Clip Details

A well-dressed man in a suit and tie stands outdoors in Middletown, Pennsylvania, in 1975, holding a camera and adjusting his hair. The scene is captured on 8mm film, showing a classic mid-century suburban setting with white columns and a vintage car in the background. The footage includes a dramatic sequence of geometric shadows cast by a window, creating abstract patterns on a textured surface. The clip features natural lighting, film grain, and a nostalgic, archival quality typical of home movies from the era.

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 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: 123227511

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: Useful for requests needing late-1940s 8mm home-movie material with a dressed adult figure and abstract shadow cutaways for documentary or memory sequences.
Period detail: The suit, tie, camera, car glimpse, white columns, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century American dress and exterior domestic or civic surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The visible man appears informally filmed while holding a camera and adjusting himself, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie exchange between subject and filmer.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, a handheld camera, white columns, a parked car shape, dark frame edges, textured wall or stone, and geometric window shadows.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dense shadow areas characteristic of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief character insert, visual transition from person to shadow, or reflective cutaway within family-memory or mid-century sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a small visual record of adult dress, amateur filming, and strong sunlight on exterior architectural surfaces without proving a specific event.
Research note: People and possibly recognizable likeness are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness and location-related permissions.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s 8mm man in suit with camera, Middletown Pennsylvania home movie, or abstract window shadows on wall may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Middletown or 1948 material, then broader home-movie scenes of suited adults, cameras, or shadows.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Middletown, Pennsylvania home-movie footage, a suited man stands outside near white columns with a small camera in his hands. — A dressed man with a camera stands outdoors beside white columns.

A close view shows strong window-like shadows crossing a pale textured wall or stone surface in the same 8mm home-movie clip. — Angular shadows create a graphic pattern across a pale surface.

The footage cuts closer to a pale textured surface crossed by dark rail or window shadows, with heavy 8mm grain and edge darkness. — A tight shadow study fills the frame with intersecting lines.

A dark human-like shadow shape briefly appears within angular shadow lines on a pale exterior surface in the 8mm footage. — A human-like shadow joins the angular pattern on the wall surface.

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