Harrisburg Penn-1946: Brick House on Residential Street

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

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Brick House on Residential Street — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a quiet residential street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a two-story brick house with a gabled roof and a covered porch supported by columns. Bare tree branches frame the upper windows, suggesting a late autumn or winter day. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American suburban life. The film exhibits natural wear, including dust spots and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home recordings from the era. Ideal for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125875535

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Useful for requests needing 1940s Harrisburg residential exterior footage as an establishing insert, neighborhood cutaway, or period domestic-life reference.
Period detail: The brick facade, gabled roof, covered porch, multi-pane upper windows, and bare branches may show mid-1940s residential architecture and seasonal streetscape detail.
Home-movie behavior: The mostly static framing has the feel of a home-movie record made from the street, valuing the ordinary house exterior rather than a staged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a two-story brick house, steep gable, covered porch, porch columns, front steps, upper windows, bare tree shadows, and neighboring wall edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, exposure fluctuation, frame-edge darkening, and slight jitter that read as original small-gauge film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing shot, memory beat, neighborhood transition, or cutaway between family or city-history material.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for a modest American residential block in the 1940s without proving ownership, household identity, or a specific street address.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but the identifiable residence and underlying film copyright should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Harrisburg home movie footage, 1940s brick house exterior, vintage 8mm residential street, and black-and-white Pennsylvania neighborhood.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Harrisburg exteriors, then broader 1940s residential architecture or home-movie street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Harrisburg 8mm frame showing a brick residential house with gabled roof, covered porch, columns, and bare branch shadows. — Street-facing view of a brick house with porch columns and upper windows.

Black-and-white 8mm view of the Harrisburg house facade, with multi-pane windows above a shadowed front porch. — The house facade fills the frame, with the porch recessed in shadow.

1946 residential exterior in Harrisburg, focused on the porch, front steps, brick lower wall, and neighboring building edge. — Lower facade and porch detail of the brick residence.

Soft 8mm frame of the Harrisburg brick house from a slight angle, showing the gable, upper windows, porch roof, and side wall. — A slightly angled street view shows the gable and porch roof of the house.

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