Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Man Smoking Pipe At Table With Another Man Smiling

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

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Man Smoking Pipe At Table With Another Man Smiling — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from Middletown Pennsylvania in 1975 captures a man in a white t-shirt and dark pants working at a cluttered table in a modest room. He is seen smoking a pipe, standing and sitting at different moments, while another man in a white shirt crouches in the foreground, smiling at the camera. The room features white cabinets, a framed picture on the wall, and stacks of records or plates, suggesting a personal workspace or hobby area. The footage has the authentic look of vintage Super 8 film with natural light and a handheld camera feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 123228265

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 home-movie requests needing an informal interior scene of adult men in a modest Pennsylvania room or workspace.
Period detail: The white T-shirts, pipe smoking, wall cabinets, framed pin-up style calendar, and stacked records or plates may show a late-1940s domestic or hobby-room setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual behavior: one man works or pauses at a table with a pipe while another crouches and smiles toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a pipe, a cluttered table, wall cabinets, a framed picture or calendar, venetian blinds, chairs, and stacked discs or plates.
Film character: The 8mm footage has coarse grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, contact-sheet edge shadows, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short interior cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for informal mid-century domestic life.
Historical context: The scene suggests a private interior where adult men are gathered around a table, but the footage does not identify their relationship, occupation, or purpose.
Research note: Visible faces and a private interior require likeness and property review; copyright status is separate from any needed personal or location permissions.
Research search match: Researchers might find this through searches for 1940s 8mm home movie men smoking pipe, Middletown Pennsylvania interior, or informal domestic workspace footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Middletown or 1948 material, and finally with other home-movie interiors showing adult conversation or hobby work.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 home-movie frame from Middletown, Pennsylvania, showing two adult men in a modest interior with cabinets and a cluttered table. — A crouching man smiles toward the camera while another man stands near a table in a cabinet-lined room.

A 1948 Middletown interior frame shows a man by a cluttered table, with another smiling man partly visible in the foreground. — One man stands by the table as the second man remains partly in frame near the lower edge.

Mid-century 8mm frame from Middletown shows two adult men in a private room with cabinets, a wall picture, and stacked discs or plates. — The foreground man smiles near stacked round objects while the standing man faces the table area.

A 1948 Middletown home-movie frame shows an adult man smoking a pipe beside a table, with a second man smiling toward camera. — A pipe-smoking man stands in the room while another man smiles from the lower foreground.

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