Harrisburg Penn-1946: Mature Men In Dress Shirts And Ties Play Croquet

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Harrisburg Penn

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Mature Men In Dress Shirts And Ties Play Croquet — Clip Details

HARRISBURG PENN-1946: Mature men in dress shirts and ties play croquet in a sunlit backyard. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a leisurely game with players in formal attire, one bending to strike a mallet. The grainy black-and-white imagery, with visible film scratches and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic 1940s home movie aesthetic. The setting features a grassy yard with trees and a house in the background, conveying a quiet, upper-class pastime. This archival clip offers authentic vintage 8mm film for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125875034

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: 1946 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: Harrisburg, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Harrisburg home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing leisure, backyard sport, or mid-century social recreation material.
Period detail: Dress shirts, ties, belted trousers, croquet mallets, and a residential yard may show mid-1940s informal recreation with more formal everyday menswear.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged rhythm of adults watching and taking turns during a backyard croquet game.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mature men, dress shirts, ties, trousers, croquet mallets, lawn, shrubs, and a house or outbuilding in the background.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, frame scratches, exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for family leisure, postwar domestic life, or vintage recreation sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests a middle-class or upper-middle-class social pastime in a residential outdoor setting, without proving the identities or occasion.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s Harrisburg home movie croquet, men in ties playing lawn game, vintage 8mm backyard recreation, and Pennsylvania family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Harrisburg or 1946 footage, then with broader 1940s leisure, lawn games, and family recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Harrisburg home-movie frame showing men in dress shirts and trousers gathered around a backyard croquet shot. — Men watch as a player bends toward the lawn during a croquet game.

Soft black-and-white frame from the Harrisburg clip with one man bent over the yard during croquet and another figure nearby. — A blurred player bends toward the grass during the backyard game.

1940s Harrisburg backyard frame with men in dress shirts and ties watching a croquet player bend near the grass. — Men in formal shirts and ties cluster around the croquet play.

Harrisburg 1946 home-movie frame showing a tied man standing near a bent croquet player on a backyard lawn. — One man stands with hands behind his back as another prepares a croquet stroke.

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