Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Two Women and Man by River

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

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Two Women and Man by River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1975, this vintage home movie captures a group of people outdoors by a river in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Two women in dark coats stand together, smiling at the camera, while a man in a brown jacket and light-colored shirt holds a smoking pipe. The scene unfolds against a backdrop of bare trees and a distant mountain range under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American family moment.

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: 123227937

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: Useful for 1940s American home-movie requests needing adults posed outdoors by water for family, regional, or everyday-life documentary edits.
Period detail: The coats, collared shirt, tie, and pipe may show late-1940s leisure dress, with bare trees, river, and hillside visible behind the group.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal posing as adults face the camera, smile, and hold a pipe in a casual home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult faces, dark coats, a brown jacket, pipe, bare branches, river water, distant wooded hillside, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, saturated color, gate edges, slight blur, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, regional cutaway, or transition into family travel, riverside leisure, or mid-century personal footage.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for ordinary adults posing near a Pennsylvania river setting without supporting claims about a specific event or landmark.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment; no logos, children, or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm home movie adults by river, Middletown Pennsylvania family footage, man with pipe, and posed outdoor portraits.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Middletown or Pennsylvania river footage, then broader home-movie portraits outdoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

A woman in a dark coat appears near a river in Middletown, Pennsylvania, with bare trees and a wooded hillside behind her. — Woman posed near the river with bare branches and hillside behind her.

A man in a brown jacket and light shirt holds a pipe outdoors near a river and wooded hillside. — Man holding a pipe while facing the camera by the river.

A man with a pipe stands in a brown jacket near the river, framed by bare branches and distant hillside. — Pipe-holding man posed against river and hillside scenery.

A man in a brown jacket stands by the river with a pipe in his mouth or hand, with bare trees and hillside in the background. — Man posed by the riverside with pipe, branches, and hillside visible.

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