New Cumberland Penn-1946: Woman Gazes over Balcony Toward Hills

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

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Woman Gazes over Balcony Toward Hills — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a knee-length skirt and black shoes standing on a balcony in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. She turns away from the camera, gazing over a white Adirondack chair and a scenic view of houses and hills. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film edges and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic mid-century American moment. Her floral hat and poised stance suggest a quiet, reflective afternoon. This archival clip offers authentic 1940s vintage for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 125875750

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

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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 home-front or postwar American life edits needing a brief balcony portrait from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The woman's floral hat, knee-length skirt, low shoes, balcony setting, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a mid-1940s domestic leisure reading.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual pose and small turn toward the camera, suggesting an unstaged family-film moment rather than a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a brimmed floral hat, light blouse, skirt, balcony railing, white outdoor chair, rooftops, trees, and distant hills.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame-edge shadows, and contact-print-like spacing that give it clear 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet memory beat, personal-history cutaway, transition from interior to exterior, or brief 1940s domestic-life insert.
Historical context: The scene shows an adult woman on an outdoor balcony in New Cumberland, with residential rooftops and hills giving local domestic context.
Research note: A visible adult face and residential surroundings require likeness and property review separate from any copyright assessment of the film element.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 New Cumberland home movie, 1940s woman on balcony, vintage 8mm family footage, and mid-century Pennsylvania domestic scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 New Cumberland material, then balcony, family visit, and small-town residential views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 New Cumberland home-movie frame showing a woman partly cropped beside a white balcony chair and railing. — A cropped balcony view shows the woman near a white outdoor chair.

Adult woman in a floral hat on a New Cumberland balcony, with houses, trees, and distant hills in view. — The woman looks outward from the balcony toward the residential view.

A side view frames the woman against nearby houses and trees.

The woman turns toward the camera on a New Cumberland balcony, her floral hat and light blouse visible against rooftops. — The woman briefly turns back toward the camera from the balcony.

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