Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Trees Line Buildings In The Distance Near The Shore

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

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Trees Line Buildings In The Distance Near The Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal landscape in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The clip opens on a grassy area with tall pine trees lining a row of buildings in the distance, then pans slowly to reveal the expansive blue water of the shore. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slightly faded colors, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American memory. The scene is quiet and still, with no people visible, emphasizing the natural beauty and calm atmosphere of a lakeside or seaside retreat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123227525

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s archival requests needing a quiet waterfront cutaway or small-town shoreline establishing shot in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The open grass, simple shoreline road, distant low buildings, and mature trees may show a mid-century recreational waterfront setting without visible people or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld pan reads as an unstaged home-movie observation of a shoreline view, lingering on trees, buildings, grass, rocks, and open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pine trees, bare deciduous trees, low buildings, a grassy area, pale road or path, rocky shoreline, blue water, and hazy sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight gate shadow, and handheld drift that give the clip physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, transition, location cutaway, or memory beat before or after domestic or travel footage from the same reel.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for a mid-century American waterfront landscape, with maintained open space and modest buildings seen from a visitor's distance.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any property concerns should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s 8mm waterfront, Middletown Pennsylvania shoreline, home movie trees by water, rocky shore cutaway, and vintage lake view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Middletown or 1948 material, then broader quiet shoreline and small-town landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm view in Middletown, Pennsylvania, showing trees, grass, low buildings, and a pale road near the water. — Trees line low buildings beside an open grassy shoreline area.

Middletown, Pennsylvania shoreline view with trees, low buildings, a grassy strip, rocks, and blue water under a pale sky. — The pan opens the view toward rocks and water beyond the tree line.

Handheld 8mm frame showing a tree cluster, open grass, rocky edge, and broad water at a Middletown shoreline. — A cluster of trees gives way to the open water and rocky shore.

Soft 8mm frame of rocky shore, grass, open water, and pale sky, with a small tree group at the left edge. — The final frame settles on rocks, grass, and open water.

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