New Hampshire-1952: Rocket Panning Vertically from Top to Bottom

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationNew Hampshire, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Rocket Panning Vertically from Top to Bottom — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a U.S. Army missile or rocket vertically panning from top to bottom against a pale sky. The grainy, monochrome footage shows the white rocket body with 'U.S. ARMY' lettering and a dark launch structure with circular cutouts. Film scratches and natural wear are visible, enhancing its archival authenticity. The camera movement follows the rocket's ascent, offering a rare glimpse of mid-century military technology and Cold War-era aerospace development.

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: 125228460

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1952 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: New Hampshire, 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 archival requests needing a brief home-movie view of a U.S. Army-marked rocket or missile at a launch structure for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The white vertical body marked "U.S. ARMY," dark metal support with circular cutouts, and 8mm texture support a mid-century military technology reading.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld vertical pan feels like a visitor or observer trying to follow the height of the rocket rather than a staged technical record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale sky, white rocket body, faint U.S. Army lettering, pointed upper section, dark launch support, round cutouts, and film edge shadows.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted exposure, scratches, and a slight contact-sheet jitter give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, technology cutaway, Cold War-era transition, or visual memory beat around early missile and rocket display material.
Historical context: The clip visually situates military-marked rocket technology within a mid-century public or observational home-movie context without confirming the specific program or site.
Research note: Review the U.S. Army marking and military subject separately from copyright, since no people are visible but government insignia and sensitive-theme context may matter.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1952 8mm U.S. Army rocket footage, New Hampshire missile home movie, vintage military launch structure, and mid-century aerospace cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other New Hampshire 1952 material, then broader 1950s military technology, rocket, missile, or aerospace imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 New Hampshire 8mm frame showing the upper portion of a white U.S. Army-marked rocket next to a dark metal launch support. — Upper rocket body with faint U.S. Army lettering and adjacent launch support.

1952 New Hampshire frame with the pointed upper section of a U.S. Army-marked rocket beside a perforated metal support tower. — Pointed rocket section and dark perforated launch structure against the sky.

1952 New Hampshire 8mm frame showing the lower rocket body, flared base or fins, and dark launch support during a vertical pan. — Lower rocket section with flared shape beside the metal support.

1952 New Hampshire frame showing the lower part of the white rocket next to a dark metal launch structure with circular cutouts and hardware. — Lower rocket and launch support hardware at the end of the vertical pan.

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