New York USA-1938: Couple Hiking Through Forest

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

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Couple Hiking Through Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a couple hiking through a dense forest in New York. The man wears a plaid shirt while the woman is in a button-up sweater, both moving along a wooded trail. Sunlight filters through the trees, creating dappled light on the foliage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and natural black-and-white contrast. The sequence includes close-ups of the couple and wider shots of the forest canopy, offering an authentic glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific storytelling.

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: 123038718

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: 1930s New York home-movie hiking footage for documentary or educational sequences about outdoor recreation, family travel, or wooded leisure scenes.
Period detail: Clothing such as the man's plaid shirt and the woman's button-up sweater may show late-1930s informal outdoor dress, supported by the 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with two adults briefly posing or walking near the camera before the view turns to surrounding woods.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult hikers, a wooded trail, dense foliage, tree trunks, dappled sunlight, and rough forest ground.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows strong grain, handheld framing, high-contrast exposure, and soft detail from the original small-gauge film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, hiking cutaway, wooded transition, or period insert for outdoor recreation coverage.
Historical context: The footage documents private leisure in a forest setting, suggesting everyday outdoor activity rather than a staged travel or news scene.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personality rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 New York hiking home movie, black-and-white 8mm forest trail, adult couple in woods, and 1930s outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1938 New York footage, then broader 1930s hiking, woods, and home-movie recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult hikers in 1938 New York stand near a forest path, with dense leaves and tree trunks around them. — Two adults pause on a shaded wooded trail.

Black-and-white 8mm view of New York woods, with leafy branches and uneven forest ground visible. — A handheld view looks into dense forest foliage.

A 1938 New York forest view shows undergrowth, leaves, and rough ground in high-contrast 8mm texture. — Leafy undergrowth and forest floor appear in the wooded setting.

The final frame shows New York woodland undergrowth and uneven ground, rendered in grainy black-and-white 8mm film. — Dense foliage and rough forest ground close the short hiking clip.

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