Pennington New Jersey-1955: A Young Man Is Taking And Refitting His Hat In The

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationPennington, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 New Jersey

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A Young Man Is Taking And Refitting His Hat In The — Clip Details

A young man in a light-colored fedora adjusts his hat while standing in a dimly lit room with dark walls and floral-patterned wallpaper. Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this home movie clip captures a candid moment of personal grooming, with the man briefly lifting and repositioning his hat. The grainy, low-light footage has a nostalgic, intimate quality, characteristic of vintage Super 8 home movies. The scene is quiet and observational, offering a glimpse into everyday life in mid-century America.

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: 124555972

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 1071 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: jody eileen,steves bar mitzvah,barkins bungalows,canada,hotel,puerto rico
Reel-level year note: 1949-1955-1957-1970
Reel-level location note: canada,st. thomas,new jersey, philadephia
Date: 1955 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Pennington, New Jersey, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American home-movie requests needing a brief interior cutaway of a young man adjusting a hat in a domestic setting.
Period detail: The light-colored fedora, dark interior walls, and floral-patterned wall panel may show mid-century personal style and home decor.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged grooming gesture, with the man lifting and refitting his hat as if caught between poses or movements.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man, light-colored hat, dark wall or doorway, floral-patterned wallpaper, white shirt cuff, and low interior light.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, low-light exposure, and slight frame instability consistent with original home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for personal style, domestic interiors, or candid mid-century life.
Historical context: The clip offers a small visual record of everyday presentation and interior space in Pennington, New Jersey, in the 1950s, based on supplied metadata.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Pennington New Jersey home movie, 1950s man adjusting fedora, vintage 8mm interior, and candid domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel moments, then Pennington 1955 interiors, then broader 1950s home-movie clips of grooming, hats, and domestic rooms.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1955 Pennington, New Jersey home-movie frame, a young man in a light-colored hat stands partly cropped near floral wallpaper. — A young man in a light hat is partly seen in a dim interior beside floral-patterned wallpaper.

The young man appears to adjust his light-colored hat in the dark interior, with patterned wallpaper visible behind him. — The man raises a hand toward his hat while standing in the dimly lit room.

A mostly empty dim interior frame shows the floral wall panel and dark wall after the man has moved mostly out of view. — The patterned wall panel remains visible as the man moves out of the frame.

At the edge of the frame, part of the young man and his light hat remain visible against the dark interior wall. — Only part of the man and his hat remain at the right edge of the dim room.

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