Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Man With A Pipe Struts Across Office

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

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Man With A Pipe Struts Across Office — Clip Details

A man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers walks through an office or workshop space, a pipe in his mouth, while another man sits in the foreground. The setting features cabinets, a calendar, and a framed poster on the wall. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and a casual, candid atmosphere. The grainy black-and-white image captures a moment of everyday life in the 1970s, with a handheld camera following the man as he moves across the room.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & whiteHandheld
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: 123228288

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 archival requests needing candid workplace or office-interior footage with adult men in an informal everyday setting.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century office or workshop interior with wall cabinets, a desk, a calendar, venetian blinds, and simple short-sleeved work clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged body language as a man with a pipe moves through the room while others react casually to the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible details include men in shirts, a pipe, desks or counters, wall cabinets, a calendar, a framed wall picture, blinds, and shelves or racks.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has soft grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, workplace cutaway, character beat, or transition into domestic labor, office life, or informal adult routines.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for casual indoor work or office life, with adults occupying a functional room rather than a formal staged workplace portrait.
Research note: Adult faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1940s 8mm office interior, man with pipe in workplace, candid home movie of men at work, and Middletown Pennsylvania home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Middletown or 1948 material, then broader clips showing offices, workshops, adult men, or pipe smoking.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a Middletown, Pennsylvania home-movie frame, a man with a pipe stands near desks, cabinets, a calendar, and another seated man. — A man with a pipe stands in a small office or workshop interior.

A man with a pipe crosses an office-like interior with wall cabinets, blinds, and another adult man partly visible beside him. — The pipe-smoking man moves across the room past office furnishings.

A side profile shows the man pausing or turning near the work surface.

A man with a pipe faces toward the camera in the Middletown interior, with desks, shelves, blinds, and small office objects visible around him. — The man with the pipe faces the camera near desks and shelving.

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