New Cumberland Penn-1946: Woman Waving Goodbye as Car Drives Past

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

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Woman Waving Goodbye as Car Drives Past — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a dark coat waving goodbye from a sidewalk as a classic car drives past. The grainy black-and-white footage shows her standing near a tree, with the vehicle moving through a quiet street. Inside the car, a passenger is visible, waving back through the window. The sequence conveys a nostalgic, personal moment of farewell, with natural film grain and soft focus characteristic of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125876693

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1940s home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing a brief family farewell scene with a car passing on a residential street.
Period detail: The rounded automobile body, dark coats, soft black-and-white 8mm texture, and sidewalk setting support the stated 1946 New Cumberland context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged exchange of waves between someone on the sidewalk and a passenger inside the car.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sidewalk figure, a tree trunk, a rounded mid-century car, an open side window, a waving passenger, a quiet street, and soft-focus film grain.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as original mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, family departure insert, or transition into a 1940s domestic travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows a personal goodbye on a modest residential street, reflecting family documentation rather than a public event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos appear, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm family goodbye, New Cumberland Pennsylvania home movie, woman waving at car, and 1940s residential street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other New Cumberland 1946 street scenes, then broader 1940s family departure or automobile clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft, abstract 8mm frame from the New Cumberland 1946 clip, showing blurred street or sidewalk detail with visible film grain. — Blurred street or sidewalk detail appears before the goodbye action becomes clear.

In the 1946 New Cumberland home movie, a passenger is seen through a rounded car window with a raised hand. — A passenger inside the passing car raises a hand near the side window.

A rounded mid-century car passes in the New Cumberland 1946 footage as a passenger waves through the side window. — The car moves past with a waving passenger visible through the window.

A woman stands near a tree on a New Cumberland street in 1946 while the car continues away in the background. — The sidewalk figure remains by the tree as the car moves down the quiet street.

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