Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Pink Rose in Full Bloom

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

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Pink Rose in Full Bloom — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Middletown Pennsylvania in 1975, featuring a close-up of a vibrant pink rose in full bloom amidst lush green foliage. The soft focus and slight camera shake evoke a nostalgic, personal memory. The footage captures the delicate texture of the petals and the natural setting of a garden, with the rose as the central subject. The film shows characteristic grain and color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 123227565

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 (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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Archival 8mm home-movie cutaway for a late-1940s Middletown, Pennsylvania reel, useful where editors need garden detail, floral texture, or a quiet domestic memory beat.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century garden scene, with visible clues limited to a pink rose, surrounding foliage, gravel or soil, and one partial architectural detail in the contact sheet.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and repeated close views suggest a personal home-movie attention to a garden flower rather than a staged botanical study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pink rose bloom, green leaves, garden soil or gravel, soft focus, film gate edges, and a partial columned or walled structure in the first frame.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm physical-film texture through visible grain, mild color shift, soft exposure, gate borders, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a floral insert, domestic cutaway, memory transition, or gentle visual pause within a home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers small-scale visual context for private garden filming, showing how home-movie cameras often lingered on everyday outdoor details.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or garden access questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 8mm home movie rose garden, 1940s Pennsylvania garden footage, Middletown home movie flowers, or vintage floral cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Middletown or 1948 material, and then with other garden, flowers, stone wall, or domestic outdoor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm frame from a Middletown, Pennsylvania home movie showing a partial architectural structure with columns or wall details. — A partial architectural detail appears along the edge of the film frame.

Close handheld 8mm view of a pink rose in a garden, with green foliage and exposed soil around the plant. — A pink rose fills the garden close-up, surrounded by leaves and soil.

A pink rose bloom appears centered in a soft 8mm garden shot, with green leaves and textured ground around it. — The camera lingers on the rose in soft focus.

Final soft 8mm view of the pink rose in the garden, with leaves, soil, and visible film texture surrounding the bloom. — The rose remains the central subject as the garden fills the frame.

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