New Cumberland Penn-1946: Soldier Reunites with Women at Home

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

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Soldier Reunites with Women at Home — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a tender reunion in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. A man in a military uniform shares joyful moments with a woman in a fur coat and another woman, their faces lit with laughter and affection. The grainy black-and-white footage, with natural motion blur and film grain, evokes the warmth of post-war family memories. The scene unfolds outdoors near a brick home, with the couple embracing and smiling, conveying deep emotional connection and the quiet pride of service. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American life.

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: 125876782

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 documentary or education projects needing a brief postwar family reunion moment with a serviceman and relatives in a home-movie setting.
Period detail: The military-style uniform, fur coat, brick exterior, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a mid-1940s domestic scene in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
Home-movie behavior: The people smile, embrace, and lean close to the camera with the informal warmth of an unstaged family reunion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include smiling adults, a man in uniform, a woman in a fur coat, close embraces, a brick building, outdoor steps, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, flicker, motion blur, and uneven exposure typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, reunion insert, postwar family cutaway, or transition into a story about service and home life.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests a mid-century American family gathering around military service without establishing the individuals' names or service history.
Research note: People are clearly visible, including a uniformed man, so likeness and military-context review may be needed apart from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1940s 8mm family reunion, New Cumberland Pennsylvania home movie, serviceman returning home, and postwar family embrace.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New Cumberland 1946 material, then broader 1940s family or military homecoming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft black-and-white 1946 home-movie frame of a smiling woman outdoors in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. — A woman smiles close to the camera near a brick wall.

A woman leans close to a smiling man in a 1946 outdoor family-reunion moment in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. — A woman leans in affectionately toward a smiling man.

Three adults laugh and lean together in black-and-white 1946 home-movie footage from New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. — Three adults share a laughing embrace outdoors.

A woman in a fur coat stands beside a man in military uniform outside a brick building in 1946 New Cumberland footage. — A woman and a uniformed man stand together near a brick exterior.

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