New Cumberland Penn-1946: Middle Age Man Wiping His Car

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

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Middle Age Man Wiping His Car — Clip Details

A middle-aged man in a dark sweater and trousers meticulously wipes down a vintage car in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, in 1946. Shot on 8mm film, the grainy black-and-white footage captures him leaning over the vehicle, using a cloth to clean the bodywork. He pauses to glance toward the camera before resuming his task. The scene unfolds in front of a simple garage door, with the man’s focused movements reflecting a moment of everyday care and pride in his automobile. The footage exudes a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel.

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: 125876207

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 editorial or documentary requests needing everyday home-movie footage of automobile care in small-town Pennsylvania.
Period detail: The dark sweater, high-waisted trousers, garage setting, and rounded car bodywork support a mid-1940s domestic automobile scene.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears absorbed in a routine chore, wiping the car by hand and briefly acknowledging the camera without staging a formal pose.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a middle-aged man, wiping cloth, dark automobile, wheel and fender, paneled garage door, concrete ground, and strong film-edge shadowing.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that retain the texture of a home-movie original.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or domestic-life insert between broader postwar street or family sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents ordinary attention to a privately owned automobile, suggesting household routines and personal pride without identifying the make or owner.
Research note: A visible adult face and domestic setting require likeness and property-context review, while no logos or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm home movie man cleaning car, New Cumberland Pennsylvania automobile footage, or vintage domestic car care.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1946 New Cumberland material, and then with broader themes of cars, chores, and home life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, a man bends over the front of a dark car while wiping it beside a garage door. — A man leans into the car's front area while cleaning with a cloth.

The man continues wiping the automobile in front of a paneled garage door in the New Cumberland home-movie scene. — The man works a cloth across the car body near the garage entrance.

A 1940s home-movie frame shows the man beside the car's wheel, bent forward as he wipes the lower bodywork. — The car wheel and lower body are visible as the man continues cleaning.

The final frame shows the man near the front fender and wheel, continuing to clean the car beside the garage door. — He remains focused on wiping the car near the front wheel and fender.

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