New York USA-1938: Group Resting on Forest Trail

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

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Group Resting on Forest Trail — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A group of people pause on a wooded trail during a hike, captured in grainy black and white 8mm film. The footage shows individuals in period attire—men in short-sleeved shirts and women in dresses—resting on a leaf-covered forest floor. A man in a light-colored shirt and a woman in a plaid dress are seen in close-up, suggesting a quiet conversation. The natural setting and candid moments evoke a sense of mid-20th century Americana and personal memory.

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: 123038594

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1930s New York home-movie hiking footage, especially documentary or educational scenes of informal outdoor leisure.
Period detail: The clothing may show late-1930s casual dress, including short-sleeved shirts, light dresses, and a plaid collared dress on a wooded trail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged social pauses during a hike, with people walking, resting, and looking toward one another between movements.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooded path, a small hiking group, leaf-covered ground, short-sleeved shirts, dresses, close faces, and handheld framing.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows pronounced grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld movement consistent with a personal camera roll.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, outdoor leisure cutaway, or quiet transition within a sequence about family travel or recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects ordinary recreational walking in a wooded New York setting without visible landmarks or signs identifying a specific site.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to separate copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 New York home movie hike, black-and-white 8mm wooded trail, vintage hiking group, and Depression-era outdoor leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other New York 1938 material, then broader 1930s home-movie hiking or outdoor leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame showing a small group walking away on a wooded trail in black and white. — Hikers move along a shaded forest path, filmed from behind.

Black-and-white 1938 New York frame of a man in a light short-sleeved shirt beside a wooded hillside. — A man turns toward the group while paused beside the trail.

1938 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in a plaid collared dress resting near a leaf-covered trail. — A woman in a plaid dress sits or pauses during the hike.

Black-and-white 1938 New York frame of a woman in a plaid dress looking off camera during a trail break. — The woman looks to the side as the group rests in the woods.

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