Albany New York USA-1937: Gathering Of Young People Diving Into Icy Water.

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Albany New York

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Gathering Of Young People Diving Into Icy Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Albany, New York, in 1937 shows a group of young people gathered on a wooden pier structure over icy water. Dressed in heavy winter coats and hats, they prepare to dive into the frozen lake, with snow covering the ground and bare trees in the background. The grainy black-and-white film captures a moment of youthful recreation and daring in a cold, wintry landscape. The camera remains stationary, documenting the scene with authentic archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120806176

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: 1937 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: Albany, New York, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational sequences needing 1930s Albany winter recreation, youth social activity, or cold-water sport from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The heavy coats, hats, snowy ground, bare trees, wooden pier structure, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s winter home-movie setting in Albany, New York, as given in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged group moment as young people gather on a small pier over icy water, appearing to watch or prepare for a daring winter dive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bundled figures, a wooden pier or platform, snow-covered ground, icy water, bare winter trees, fence rails, and a stationary home-movie viewpoint.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability consistent with scanned 8mm physical film from a home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for winter recreation, youthful risk-taking, local Albany life, or Depression-era leisure.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal outdoor recreation in cold weather, with the social focus on a small group gathered at the water rather than on organized competition or a marked public event.
Research note: People and faces are visible but not individually identifiable at this resolution, so likeness review may still be needed while copyright and location rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1930s Albany winter recreation, icy water diving home movie, young people on snowy pier, vintage 8mm cold-water swim, and New York winter leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Albany 1937 winter material, and finally with broader 1930s home-movie clips of snow, recreation, youth gatherings, or water sports.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Albany, New York, according to the clip metadata, several young people in winter coats stand on a wooden pier over icy water with snow and bare trees around them. — Group gathered on a snowy pier over icy water.

The frame shows a small winter-clad group on a wooden platform in the snowy Albany scene, with one figure standing apart near the waterline. — Winter-clad figures wait on the platform.

Several young people in heavy coats stand together on the wooden pier, with the snowy ground and winter trees visible behind them in the Albany home-movie footage. — Closer view of the group on the pier.

The final frame holds on the winter gathering at the pier, showing bundled figures, the icy water below, and snow-covered terrain in the Albany, New York clip. — Bundled figures remain gathered above the icy water.

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