New York USA-1938: Adults Cooking And Eating A Meal Outdoors In Woods

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

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Adults Cooking And Eating A Meal Outdoors In Woods — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A group of adults gathers outdoors in a wooded area, cooking and eating a meal around a fire. Men and women in period clothing, including hats and jackets, stand and sit near a campfire, sharing food and conversation. The black-and-white 8mm film captures the grainy texture and natural light of a casual outdoor gathering, evoking a sense of community and nostalgia from the late 1930s. The scene is candid and unposed, with people engaged in simple, everyday activities.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123039243

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 New York home-movie requests needing candid adults cooking and sharing food outdoors in a wooded setting.
Period detail: Period clues include brimmed hats, jackets, simple outdoor cookware, and black-and-white 8mm home-movie texture from the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged social behavior as adults gather around a fire, handle food, stand in conversation, and eat outdoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in hats and jackets, bare trees, rocks, smoke or steam, cooking pots, a fire area, and people seated or standing nearby.
Film character: The footage has grainy black-and-white 8mm character, soft exposure shifts, visible frame edges, and handheld framing that reinforce its home-movie origin.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for outdoor leisure, communal meals, camping, or Depression-era domestic life.
Historical context: The scene shows informal group recreation or outdoor dining in a wooded area, offering visual context for everyday social life rather than a formal event.
Research note: Adults and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands or private interiors are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s New York 8mm home movie, adults cooking outdoors, campfire meal, wooded picnic, and candid Depression-era social footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel outdoor gathering shots, then with New York 1938 material, then with broader campfire, picnic, and communal meal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults in period hats and jackets gather around an outdoor cooking area in wooded New York home-movie footage from 1938. — Adults gather near cookware and a fire area among trees.

In a wooded 1938 New York scene, adults stand near rocks, smoke or steam, and outdoor cooking activity. — Smoke or steam rises as adults gather near rocks in the woods.

Adults in hats and jackets move around a smoky wooded cooking area in 1938 New York home-movie footage. — Figures move through smoke near an outdoor meal setup.

Adults gather around food and smoke in a wooded New York outdoor meal scene recorded on 8mm film in 1938. — Adults stand and eat near smoke during a wooded outdoor gathering.

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