Trenton New Jersey-1967: Man Operating Industrial Press Machine

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationTrenton, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Trenton New Jersey

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Man Operating Industrial Press Machine — Clip Details

A man in a red shirt operates a heavy industrial press machine in a dimly lit factory setting, likely in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1967. His hands carefully position a flat object onto the machine's surface, which then lowers to flatten or compress it. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the machine's robust metal construction with visible gears and levers, captured with the characteristic grain and color shift of vintage home movie footage. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century industrial labor and craftsmanship.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124083058

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 1967 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: Trenton, New Jersey, 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 1960s industrial labor requests needing a brief home-movie view of a machine operator using a heavy press in a factory setting.
Period detail: The red shirt, heavy metal press, dim interior, and 8mm color rendering may show mid-century factory work consistent with the 1967 Trenton metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the work surface and operator's hands, giving an unstaged observer's view of a routine industrial task.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red-shirted worker, metal press bed, hinged upper plate, levers, round controls, dark factory background, and flattened material surface.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, high contrast, purple-blue color shift, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway for industrial process, factory labor, material handling, or a transition into mid-century manufacturing scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually places manual machine operation within a small industrial workspace without identifying the company, product, or exact manufacturing process.
Research note: A worker's body and hands are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1967 Trenton factory worker, 8mm industrial press machine, home movie manufacturing labor, and mid-century machine operator.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Trenton or 1967 material, then broader factory, machine shop, and industrial labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Trenton factory footage showing a red-shirted worker partly visible beside a heavy industrial press and flat material. — A worker stands at the press as material rests on the machine bed.

Close view of a worker's hands placing material on a heavy press in the Trenton industrial scene. — Hands guide the material into position on the press surface.

The industrial press surface is shown close up, with flat material and metal edges dominating the 8mm frame. — The press surface and material fill the lower portion of the frame.

A close 8mm view shows the press bed, flattened material, metal trim, and small controls in the factory setting. — The camera lingers on the material and metal press bed after operation.

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