Middletown Pennsylvania-1975: Black And White Movie Of 3 Men Working On A Project

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

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Black And White Movie Of 3 Men Working On A Project — Clip Details

MIDDLETOWN PENNSYLVANIA-1975: Black and white 8mm home movie footage shows three men collaborating in an office or design studio. Two men sit at a table reviewing large architectural blueprints, while a third man stands nearby. The men wear casual short-sleeved shirts, and the room features a large window with a view of a brick wall and metal framework. The footage captures a moment of focused discussion and planning, with visible film grain and a vignette effect characteristic of vintage Super 8 film. This archival clip offers authentic 1970s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 123228324

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

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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: Black-and-white 1940s home-movie office footage for requests needing men collaborating over plans, design work, or workplace planning in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The short-sleeved shirts, drafting table, large paper plans, open window, and monochrome 8mm look may show a mid-century design or office setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged way the men lean, gesture, and confer around the table rather than pose for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, large rolled and flat plans, a drafting table, notebooks, pens, an open window, brickwork outside, and a wall map or drawing.
Film character: The footage has soft black-and-white contrast, visible grain, gate vignetting, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that emphasize its physical 8mm origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway or insert for planning, architecture, small-office collaboration, postwar work routines, or memory-driven narration.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual professional or project work in a private interior, with men gathered around drawings in a modest room rather than a formal corporate setting.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, and property questions should be reviewed separately before commercial or sensitive use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1940s black-and-white 8mm office work, men reviewing blueprints, Middletown Pennsylvania home movie, and vintage drafting table.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel workplace material, then with Middletown or 1948 Pennsylvania footage, and then with broader design, planning, or office-collaboration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 8mm frame of two men in a Middletown, Pennsylvania interior reviewing large plans on a table. — Two men confer over large drawings beside a window.

Three men appear in a black-and-white Middletown interior, with large plans spread across a table by an open window. — Men gather around plans in a small interior workspace.

Black-and-white 8mm frame showing a seated man at a plan-covered table, with another figure partly visible nearby. — A seated man studies or discusses drawings at the table.

Two men in a black-and-white Middletown home-movie frame lean over large plans in an informal workspace. — Two men lean in over drawings during a work discussion.

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