New Cumberland Penn-1946: Woman Smiling on Balcony in Lace Hat

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNew Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 New Cumberland

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Woman Smiling on Balcony in Lace Hat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a lace hat smiling as she looks out from a balcony in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a quiet suburban scene with trees and rooftops, viewed through a window frame. The woman’s joyful expression and period attire evoke a sense of mid-century nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of everyday life in the post-war era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 125875719

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 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: New Cumberland, 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 1940s U.S. home-front or postwar domestic-life sequences needing a brief, authentic 8mm balcony portrait or personal memory beat.
Period detail: The woman's lace hat, simple light top, black-and-white stock, and suburban rooftops may show mid-1940s casual dress and residential surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The subject smiles and looks upward or outward toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged family-film quality centered on recognition and affection.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling woman in a lace hat, balcony or window framing, rooftops, trees, distant hills, sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, personal-memory cutaway, transition from neighborhood views to family life, or reflective reaction shot.
Historical context: The clip visually situates an adult woman within an ordinary residential setting in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, without identifying the person or household.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm home movie woman smiling on balcony, New Cumberland Pennsylvania family footage, and 1940s residential portrait cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 New Cumberland footage, then broader 1940s family, balcony, and neighborhood scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 8mm view in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, showing rooftops, trees, sky, and distant hills through dark framing. — Residential view through a dark frame with rooftops, trees, and distant landscape.

Black-and-white 8mm frame appears to show a balcony or window view with white railing, trees, rooftops, and heavy edge shadow. — White railing and residential rooftops seen through heavy film-edge shadow.

In 1946 New Cumberland footage, a smiling adult woman in a lace hat is framed near rooftops, sky, and a dark vertical edge. — Woman in a lace hat smiles beside a balcony or window frame.

Profile view of the smiling woman in a lace hat with rooftops behind her.

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