New York USA-1938: Friends Roasting Food over Fire

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Friends Roasting Food over Fire — Clip Details

A group of friends gathers in a wooded area in New York USA, 1938, roasting food on sticks over an open fire. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a casual outdoor cookout with people in period clothing enjoying a sunny day. A woman sits near a rustic wooden structure, while others laugh and tend to the fire. The grainy black-and-white image evokes a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel, with natural light and candid moments of camaraderie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 123038449

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 1921 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,rutledge,marble quary
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: elyria ohio,gordham new york
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York home-movie requests needing casual outdoor cooking, friendship, and leisure footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm black-and-white stock, rustic outdoor setting, and metadata-supported 1938 date place the scene in late-1930s amateur filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged social behavior as friends tend food, sit near a rustic structure, and laugh in a wooded gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults, roasting sticks, a fire area, wooded ground, a rustic wooden building, outdoor containers, casual clothing, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-print edge darkness that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for outdoor leisure, friendship, food preparation, or Depression-era domestic life.
Historical context: The scene shows informal outdoor recreation in New York, with adults cooking and socializing away from an urban setting, without visible landmarks.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 New York home movie, 1930s friends cookout, 8mm outdoor fire cooking, and vintage wooded picnic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other New York 1938 footage, then 1930s outdoor leisure, picnic, campfire, or friendship scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1938 New York footage, a person uses long sticks near an outdoor fire area in the woods. — A person tends food on long sticks near the fire area.

A woman sits outdoors beside a rustic wooden building with containers nearby in metadata-supported 1938 New York footage. — A seated woman rests near a rustic wooden structure.

Adults in casual period clothing smile and gather near an outdoor cooking area in metadata-supported 1938 New York footage. — Friends gather and smile while tending the outdoor cooking area.

A small group stands in a wooded outdoor setting while a man tends food on sticks in metadata-supported 1938 New York footage. — A group stands nearby as food is tended on sticks outdoors.

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