New York USA-1938: Two Men, a Woman, and a Tower in the Woods

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

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Two Men, a Woman, and a Tower in the Woods — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a group of people in a wooded outdoor setting. A man in a suit and tie stands prominently, while another man in a plaid shirt and hat appears in profile. A woman wearing a patterned headscarf is seen in the woods. The footage includes a tall metal observation tower, suggesting a park or rural location. The grainy black-and-white image and film artifacts reflect its age, offering authentic archival footage for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 123038932

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 footage for documentary inserts about outdoor recreation, wooded park visits, or informal travel memories.
Period detail: The clothing, headscarf, hats, and black-and-white 8mm handling support a late-1930s home-movie setting, with the wooded tower suggesting a park or lookout visit.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in its casual glances, partial profiles, and uneven framing as companions move around a wooded observation site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, an adult woman in a patterned headscarf, leafless trees, a wooded slope, and a metal observation tower.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, grain, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, and handheld contact-print texture typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition between broader scenes of 1930s outdoor travel and park recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal leisure in a wooded New York setting, with adults gathered near an observation structure rather than posed for a formal portrait.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be identifiable, so likeness review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage license assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 New York 8mm home movie, people in woods, observation tower, park visit, and 1930s outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 New York material, then wooded park, lookout tower, or informal group travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame showing two adult men in a wooded setting, with one man in a suit and tie near the camera. — Two men stand in a wooded outdoor setting, one dressed in a suit and tie.

1938 New York home-movie frame showing an adult woman in a patterned headscarf looking to the side in a wooded area. — A woman in a patterned headscarf looks sideways in the woods.

A man in plaid appears in close profile against bare trees.

1938 New York home-movie frame showing a metal observation tower with stairs, filmed from below in a wooded outdoor setting. — A metal observation tower rises above the wooded area.

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