Beachwood New Jersey USA-1937: Man in Suit and Fedora Walking Toward Camera

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationBeachwood, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Beachwood New Jersey

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Man in Suit and Fedora Walking Toward Camera — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1937 in Beachwood, New Jersey, showing a man in a suit and fedora walking toward the camera on a sunny day. He wears a dark jacket, vest, white shirt, and tie, with a confident smile as he approaches a house with light-colored horizontal siding. Strong shadows from the roof cast diagonal lines across the wall, highlighting the film's grain and aged quality. The scene captures a moment of everyday life with authentic period clothing and a nostalgic, documentary feel.

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: 120807234

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: 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: Beachwood, New Jersey, 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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing an everyday East Coast residential moment with period menswear and direct-to-camera movement.
Period detail: The man's fedora, suit jacket, vest, tie, and the clapboard house exterior support the 1937 Beachwood, New Jersey metadata while remaining a domestic rather than landmark-specific view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the man's relaxed smile and steady approach toward the camera, suggesting a familiar person being filmed outside a house.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark suit and fedora, a light-sided house, porch openings, diagonal roof shadows, a small figure at the edge of the first frame, and aged monochrome film texture.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows strong grain, soft focus, contrasty sunlight, mild gate weave, and exposure shifts that preserve the feel of original amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief character introduction, memory beat, domestic-life insert, or transition into 1930s family and neighborhood material.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for middle-class outdoor home life and dress in the late 1930s without making claims about the identity, occupation, or exact address of the subject.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment, while no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1930s 8mm home movie man in fedora, Beachwood New Jersey family footage, Depression-era residential exterior, and vintage suit walking toward camera.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1937 Beachwood, New Jersey footage, and then with broader 1930s domestic exterior or period menswear clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Beachwood, New Jersey home-movie footage, a suited man in a fedora walks near a clapboard house while another smaller figure is partly visible at the left edge. — Suited man approaches outside a clapboard house.

A man in a dark suit, vest, tie, and fedora approaches the camera outside a light-sided house in the Beachwood, New Jersey 1937 home-movie clip. — Man in fedora walking toward the camera.

The suited man in a fedora is closer to the camera, smiling slightly as roof shadows fall across the light siding behind him. — Closer view of the suited man outside the house.

A close view shows the man smiling in a fedora, dark suit, vest, shirt, and tie against a clapboard house exterior in the 1937 Beachwood footage. — Smiling man in suit and fedora near the porch.

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