Washington USA-1940: Three Guys In Front Of A Shop And A Parked Old Car

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 Washington

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Three Guys In Front Of A Shop And A Parked Old Car — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from 1940 in Washington USA, showing a vintage sedan with a 'Lind Fiesta Sept.14' decal on its side. The scene transitions to three men in period attire—work clothes and a fedora—standing and conversing outside a storefront with a 'Gift Top Beer' sign in the window. The grainy, nostalgic quality of the film captures a candid moment of mid-century American life, with the men engaged in casual conversation on a quiet street.

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: 121491585

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: Yes
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: 1940 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: Washington, 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. street-life requests needing an editorial insert of a parked sedan, storefront, and men in everyday conversation.
Period detail: The vintage sedan, work clothing, fedora, painted car lettering, and beer sign may show small-town or neighborhood commercial life in Washington around 1940.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged roadside observation, with the camera lingering on a decorated car before catching men talking outside a shop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark sedan with door lettering, shop windows, beer signage, three adult men, a seated man, sidewalk frontage, and soft street reflections.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, visible grain, mild gate shadow, and handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transition, social-history cutaway, or memory beat between broader 1940s transportation and street-commerce scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary public-facing street interaction and storefront advertising without enough visible detail to identify the business or exact community.
Research note: People and visible signage require review for likeness, trademark, and contextual use; copyright status is separate from personality or brand clearance.
Research search match: Researchers might find it under 1940 black-and-white 8mm Washington street scene, vintage sedan, storefront conversation, beer sign, or home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1940 footage, then broader 1940s U.S. storefront, car, and street-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1940 Washington home-movie frame showing a parked vintage sedan with Lind Fiesta Sept. 14 lettering on the door. — A decorated vintage sedan is seen in close side view, partially obscured by dark frame edges.

Black-and-white frame of a parked vintage sedan in Washington, with a visible Lind Fiesta Sept. 14 marking on the rear door. — The camera holds on the sedan's side, emphasizing the painted event lettering on the door.

Black-and-white 1940 Washington storefront scene with two adult men conversing and a seated man near a window with beer signage. — Men in work clothes stand in conversation outside a shop window with beer advertising behind them.

Black-and-white Washington home-movie frame showing three adult men near a shop entrance and a visible beer sign in the window. — Three men occupy the storefront area, including one seated near the doorway and two standing in front.

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