New Cumberland Penn-1946: Misty Hills and Forest with Man in Striped Shirt

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

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Misty Hills and Forest with Man in Striped Shirt — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a misty, atmospheric view of rolling hills and dense forest from an elevated vantage point. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a circular structure, possibly a water tower or reservoir, nestled among the trees. The scene transitions to a close-up of a man in a striped shirt, appearing contemplative as he holds a handkerchief to his face. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, film grain, and dark borders, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and personal memory from post-war America.

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: 125875830

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: 1946 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary uses needing a quiet postwar Pennsylvania landscape insert or memory transition.
Period detail: The frames show soft black-and-white 8mm views of wooded hills and a distant built structure, with no precise landmark identifiable from the stills.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like an unstaged visitor or family observation from an elevated overlook, lingering on misty terrain rather than a formal subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling wooded hills, pale overcast sky, a distant circular structure, dark frame edges, soft vegetation, and film gate borders.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and dark 8mm frame edges that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a landscape cutaway, atmospheric transition, establishing insert, or reflective memory beat before or after family footage.
Historical context: As 1940s home-movie material from New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, it shows a personal view of local terrain without confirming a specific site or event.
Research note: People are flagged elsewhere in the clip, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible here, and copyright and location rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1946 Pennsylvania 8mm hills, New Cumberland home movie landscape, misty wooded hills, and black-and-white family film cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 New Cumberland material, then broader home-movie landscapes and reflective postwar cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm home-movie frame from New Cumberland showing misty wooded hills and a distant built structure through soft focus. — Misty wooded hills with a distant structure below the overlook.

Black-and-white 8mm view over New Cumberland hills, with a small distant structure partly obscured by trees and film-edge shadows. — A distant structure sits low in the wooded landscape.

Soft 1946 8mm landscape frame showing layered Pennsylvania hills and dark foreground vegetation beneath a pale sky. — Layered hills recede into haze beneath a pale sky.

New Cumberland 8mm home-movie frame showing a dark wooded foreground and sloping hills fading into a pale overcast sky. — A sloping wooded hillside fills the final landscape frame.

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