New York USA-1938: A Group Of Adult Friends Socializing And Relaxing In Nature

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

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A Group Of Adult Friends Socializing And Relaxing In Nature — Clip Details

A group of adult friends relax and socialize in a wooded area, captured on 8mm film in 1938. Men and women in period attire—plaid shirts, collared shirts, and dresses—sit on the forest floor, engaged in conversation. The black-and-white footage shows natural movement and candid interaction, with trees and foliage forming a dense backdrop. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of vintage home movie footage, evoking a sense of nostalgia and everyday life in the late 1930s.

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: 123038607

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 1930s editorial requests needing candid New York home-movie footage of adults socializing outdoors in a wooded setting.
Period detail: Clothing such as collared shirts, dresses, trousers, and a plaid shirt supports a late-1930s social scene, though no landmark or event is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in relaxed, unstaged interaction as friends sit on the ground, talk, smile, and shift casually among trees and leaf cover.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adult men and women, trees, dense foliage, leaf-covered ground, collared shirts, dresses, trousers, and a plaid shirt.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and a handheld home-movie feel from original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, memory beat, or social cutaway between broader scenes of 1930s leisure, friendship, or outdoor life.
Historical context: The footage shows informal adult leisure in a wooded area, offering everyday social context rather than a documented public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, minors, private property, or audible music are indicated by the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 New York 8mm home movies, adults relaxing in woods, friends talking outdoors, and vintage social leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1938 clips, then related 1930s outdoor friendship or leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame showing adult friends seated informally in a wooded area, partly soft and grainy. — Adult friends sit on the forest floor during an informal outdoor gathering.

1938 New York wooded gathering with adults sitting close together and conversing in candid home-movie footage. — Friends sit together in a shaded wooded area, engaged in casual conversation.

A seated group relaxes outdoors, with faces and period clothing visible among the trees.

1938 New York candid outdoor scene with adult friends seated in a wooded area, smiling and talking. — Women and men sit together on the forest floor during a relaxed social outing.

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