Pennington New Jersey-1954: Man in Suit Making Playful Faces

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationPennington, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Pennington New Jersey

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Man in Suit Making Playful Faces — Clip Details

A man in a dark suit and tie stands indoors against a curtain backdrop, making playful facial expressions in this 1954 8mm home movie from Pennington, New Jersey. He wears glasses and a white pocket square, first looking down, then smiling, touching his face, and finally raising his hands in a humorous gesture. The footage shows warm color tones and natural film grain, capturing a candid moment of lightheartedness from the mid-1950s. The final frame shifts to a blurry interior scene with wooden paneling and a plant, suggesting a home setting. This vintage 8mm film offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124555574

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: 1954 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: Pennington, 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 1950s home-movie requests needing a brief indoor character moment, suited to documentary inserts about family gatherings, midcentury social life, or candid personal humor.
Period detail: The man's dark suit, narrow tie, glasses, white pocket square, curtain backdrop, and warm color 8mm look support a mid-1950s domestic or social setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged adult performance for the camera, with the man smiling, touching his face, and raising his hands in a playful gesture.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, eyeglasses, tie, white pocket square, curtain backdrop, wood-paneled doorway, dim room light, and a small plant.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, warm exposure, visible grain, slight blur, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a humorous memory beat, reaction insert, character cutaway, or transition within a sequence about family interiors or midcentury social rituals.
Historical context: The footage suggests a private indoor moment in Pennington, New Jersey, where a dressed adult knowingly plays to the home-movie camera.
Research note: People and private property are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed even if copyright status is addressed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1954 Pennington New Jersey home movie, 1950s man in suit making faces, vintage 8mm indoor family footage, and midcentury candid portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 Pennington home interiors, then broader 1950s family gathering or playful adult portrait footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1954 Pennington home-movie footage, a suited man with glasses stands against curtains in a warm, softly focused interior. — A man in suit and glasses faces the camera near a curtain backdrop.

The suited man in the 1954 Pennington interior playfully pulls his mouth into a smile for the home-movie camera. — The man makes a playful face by stretching his mouth into a grin.

The man raises both hands near his head in a playful pose, continuing the candid 1954 Pennington home-movie moment. — The suited man lifts his hands beside his face in a humorous gesture.

A soft, blurred home interior shows wood paneling, a doorway, a small plant, and dim light at the end of the 1954 clip. — The scene shifts to a blurred view of a wood-paneled interior and plant.

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