New York USA-1938: Men In The Woods Trying To Start A Fire To Cook Some Food

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

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Men In The Woods Trying To Start A Fire To Cook Some Food — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie captures a group of men in the woods during the late 1930s. Dressed in heavy coats, hats, and sweaters, they gather around a fire pit, attempting to start a fire for cooking. One man holds a round metal pan, while others observe or assist. The footage shows natural movement and interaction in a rustic outdoor setting, with visible film grain and a dark vignette typical of vintage Super 8 footage. The scene evokes a sense of historical Americana and outdoor survival.

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: 123039134

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 late-1930s New York home-movie footage of men outdoors, suitable as documentary B-roll for camping, cooking, or informal woodland activity.
Period detail: The heavy coats, caps, sweaters, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1938 date place the scene in a late-1930s outdoor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged group activity as men gather, look down, handle a pan, and appear to work around a small cooking fire area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooded ground, several men in coats and hats, a round metal pan, smoke or haze, leaf-covered terrain, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, handheld framing, uneven exposure, and strong vignette edges that signal original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rustic cooking cutaway, or memory beat within sequences about outdoor recreation, work breaks, or everyday life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scene shows informal male group activity in woods, with clothing and behavior suggesting a practical outdoor meal or fire-starting moment rather than a posed event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no brands, music, or private property are apparent from the provided frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 New York 8mm woods footage, men cooking outdoors home movie, black-and-white camping fire scene, and Depression-era outdoor gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 New York home movies, and then broader 1930s outdoor cooking or woodland gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 1938 New York 8mm frame showing a wooded outdoor area with indistinct activity and heavy vignette at the film edge. — A soft, underexposed opening frame shows the wooded setting before the group activity becomes clearer.

Men in coats and caps gather in a New York wooded setting in 1938, with one dark-sweatered man near the center foreground. — Men gather on leaf-covered ground, with one central figure turning toward the camera.

Grainy 1938 New York home-movie frame of men clustered around smoke or haze near a possible fire pit in the woods. — The group bends and stands around a smoky area as they appear to tend the fire or cooking setup.

Men in a 1938 New York wooded home-movie scene gather around a cooking area as one figure holds a round metal pan. — A man holds a round pan while others stand nearby in the wooded cooking area.

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