New Cumberland Penn-1946: Soldier Reunites with Wife in Fur Coat

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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 Wife in Fur Coat — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1946 captures a tender moment between a soldier in uniform and his wife outside a home in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. The woman, wearing a fur coat and smiling warmly, stands beside her husband, who beams with pride. Their affectionate interaction and joyful expressions convey deep love and patriotism during the post-war era. Shot on grainy black-and-white 8mm film, the footage shows natural movement and authentic period detail, including the soldier's military insignia and the woman's classic 1940s hairstyle. The couple shares a quiet, intimate moment, likely a reunion, with the woman looking up at her husband with adoration. The scene is framed by a brick house and a wooden door, adding to the nostalgic, domestic atmosphere. This authentic archival footage offers a heartfelt glimpse into mid-20th century American family life and the emotional impact of wartime service.

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: 125876795

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: Useful for 1940s U.S. home-front or postwar domestic-life edits needing a brief soldier-and-wife reunion moment in authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The uniform, fur coat, curled hairstyle, brick porch, and black-and-white 8mm look support a mid-1940s setting consistent with the supplied New Cumberland, Pennsylvania metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears relaxed and affectionate for the camera, smiling, standing close, and shifting slightly in an unstaged family-film moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed man, a woman in a dark fur coat, a brick house exterior, a wooden door, porch trim, military insignia, smiling faces, and soft close framing.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge vignetting, and handheld movement that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, emotional insert, or domestic cutaway for stories about wartime return, marriage, family albums, or 1940s American life.
Historical context: The scene shows a private domestic setting with a service uniform and affectionate couple portrait, suggesting how family cameras recorded reunion and household milestones after wartime service.
Research note: People are clearly visible, including a uniformed service member, so likeness and military-context review may be needed; copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s soldier wife reunion, New Cumberland Pennsylvania home movie, postwar couple outside home, 8mm military family footage, and vintage husband wife portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1946 New Cumberland footage, then broader 1940s family, soldier homecoming, couple portrait, and domestic exterior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 New Cumberland, Pennsylvania footage, a uniformed man and a woman in a fur coat stand close together by a brick house entrance. — A uniformed man and his wife stand side by side outside a home.

The woman smiles toward the camera while standing beside the uniformed man outside the New Cumberland home, with brickwork behind them. — The woman smiles as the couple shifts in front of the house.

The uniformed man faces the camera while the woman leans toward him, a tender couple pose in the 1946 New Cumberland home-movie scene. — The couple shares a close pose in front of the brick exterior.

A cropped, softly focused final frame shows part of the woman’s fur coat and the uniformed man as the home-movie camera moves in close. — The handheld camera crops tightly across the couple at the end of the clip.

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