Albany New York USA-1937: Crowd Of People Standing On Dock Push One Person Into Water

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

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Crowd Of People Standing On Dock Push One Person Into Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Albany, New York, in 1937 shows a group of people gathered on a wooden dock over a frozen lake. Dressed in dark winter coats and hats, the crowd watches as one individual is pushed into the icy water, creating a splash. The grainy black-and-white image captures a candid, playful moment in a snowy outdoor setting, with bare trees in the background. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century winter recreation and community life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120806246

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 1930s home-movie requests needing a winter recreation or group-on-dock moment from Albany, New York, for documentary inserts, social-history edits, or archival atmosphere.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, heavy winter coats, hats, wooden dock structure, snow or ice, and bare trees support a late-1930s winter home-movie setting, consistent with the supplied 1937 Albany metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the way the group gathers closely on the dock and reacts to one person being pushed toward or into the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crowded wooden dock, dark-coated adults, a person near the edge or water, snow or ice around the shoreline, bare winter trees, railings, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has a grainy black-and-white 8mm texture with soft focus, uneven exposure, slight blur, and contact-print-like framing that reads as authentic physical-film material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief comic winter cutaway, memory beat, transition between community scenes, or insert illustrating informal outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests a social winter outing around a lake or frozen water, while the exact reason for the gathering and the identities of the people are not established by the frames.
Research note: People and faces are visible but not individually identifiable in detail, so likeness and privacy review may still be needed separately from copyright or source-footage licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1937 Albany New York 8mm winter dock, 1930s home movie people on frozen lake, vintage group pushing person into water, and black-and-white winter recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1937 Albany or New York winter material, and then broader 1930s home-movie scenes of outdoor recreation, lakes, docks, or playful group activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the supplied 1937 Albany, New York home-movie context, a group in dark winter coats stands on a wooden dock over icy water with snow and bare trees nearby. — Crowd gathers on a winter dock.

The frame shows the Albany winter scene with several people clustered on a dock above icy water, framed by a pale snowy bank and leafless trees. — People cluster at the dock edge.

In this 1937 Albany home-movie frame, the crowd remains on the dock while one figure appears lower at the edge, near the water below the platform. — A figure drops near the waterline.

The final frame shows the group still gathered on the dock in the Albany winter setting, with disturbed water or splash marks visible below the platform. — Disturbed water below the dock.

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