New York USA-1938: Exploring The Secret Of The Forest That Is Truly Scary

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

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Exploring The Secret Of The Forest That Is Truly Scary — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a quiet, atmospheric forest scene in New York. The footage opens on a still lake reflecting dense trees, then moves into shadowy woodland with a gnarled tree featuring a dark hollow. The grainy black-and-white imagery and natural lighting evoke a sense of mystery and nostalgia, with subtle camera movement enhancing the feeling of exploration. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor life, perfect for historical or atmospheric projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123038827

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 8mm woodland footage for documentary inserts, atmospheric transitions, or historical nature sequences needing a quiet lake-to-forest mood.
Period detail: The clip may show 1938 home-movie outdoor filming, with black-and-white 8mm exposure, soft focus, and informal framing as the main era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the woods without staging, moving from a reflective lakeshore into close views of a hollow, gnarled tree.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a still lake, dense trees, shoreline vegetation, shadowed forest floor, large tree trunks, rocks, and a dark hollow in bark.
Film character: The scan has heavy grain, soft contrast, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the forest scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, eerie transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat between outdoor archival scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a non-urban view of New York outdoor recreation or exploration, without visible people, signage, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property considerations should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1938 New York forest home movie, black-and-white 8mm lake footage, gnarled tree hollow, and vintage woodland cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1938 New York outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s 8mm nature, lake, or forest material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York 8mm frame showing a quiet lake reflecting dense trees along a wooded shoreline. — A still lakeshore framed by dense trees opens the woodland sequence.

1938 New York 8mm frame looking into a shadowed forest with a large tree trunk and rocks among foliage. — The view shifts into darker woods with a prominent trunk and forest-floor rocks.

1938 New York 8mm frame showing a gnarled tree trunk near a wooded lakeside area. — A gnarled trunk fills the frame beside the dim lakeside woods.

1938 New York 8mm frame focused on a twisted woodland tree with a dark hollow in its bark. — The final frame centers on a twisted tree trunk with a dark hollow.

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