New York USA-1938: People Working At Their House And The Landscape Of A City

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

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People Working At Their House And The Landscape Of A City — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A man in a light-colored shirt and dark trousers stands near a weathered wooden structure, possibly a shed or cabin, in a rustic outdoor setting. The scene shifts to a woman sitting on a step, wearing a light dress and holding a bottle, with a wooden X-frame and other items nearby. The final frames reveal a hazy, grainy view of a distant city skyline across a body of water, likely New York, captured through a window with film scratches and dust, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel from a 1938 home movie.

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: 123038470

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: Supports archive requests for 1930s New York home-movie material showing domestic outdoor activity and a distant cityscape for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, rough wooden structure, 8mm format, and supplied 1938 New York metadata place the footage in a late-1930s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in a seated woman beside household objects and an amateur shift toward a hazy skyline across water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, bottles, a bag, rough wood siding, an X-frame object, water, distant buildings, and window or film-frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, scratches, dust, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet borders give the scan a tactile 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or transition from private household surroundings to a wider New York city view.
Historical context: The footage contrasts informal household space with a distant urban skyline, suggesting a personal view of New York rather than a staged city record.
Research note: Faces and likeness may require review, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from any property or personal identification concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 New York 8mm home movie, woman by wooden house, waterfront skyline, and hazy city landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel household scenes, then other 1938 New York material, then broader themes of home life, waterfront views, and city skylines.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame showing a woman seated outdoors beside bottles, a bag, and rough wooden siding. — A woman sits on a low step near household items and weathered wood siding.

Hazy 1938 New York view of a distant skyline across water, seen through dark vertical edges and film grain. — A soft, distant city skyline appears across water in a grainy frame.

Grainy 1938 New York home-movie view of a distant skyline and water, with scratches and dark frame borders. — The skyline remains faint across the water under soft exposure and visible film wear.

Late-1930s New York skyline view across water, hazy and grainy with dark framing at the edge. — A distant city skyline sits low across the water in a hazy final frame.

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