New York USA-1938: Vintage 8mm Film Of Campers Eating Around A Fire Pit

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

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Vintage 8mm Film Of Campers Eating Around A Fire Pit — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: Vintage 8mm film captures a group of campers in a rustic outdoor setting, likely a campsite in the Adirondacks or Catskills. Men and women in period-appropriate jackets, hats, and boots gather around a stone fire pit, eating from tin plates. Some sit on rocks while others stand, engaged in conversation and mealtime. The grainy black-and-white footage shows smoke rising from the fire, with a large rock bearing the painted words 'NO GUNS' visible in the background. The scene evokes a sense of camaraderie and simple living during the Great Depression era.

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: 123039292

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 camping footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing Depression-era outdoor recreation and group mealtime material.
Period detail: The jackets, boots, hats, tin plates, stone fire pit, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s rustic camp setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged campers eating, tending a smoky fire, and standing or sitting close together in casual conversation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include campers, tin plates, smoke, rocks, trees, boots, hats, and a large rock marked NO GUNS.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition within sequences about camping, leisure, communal meals, or rural New York travel.
Historical context: The scene shows a small mixed-gender group sharing food around a rough outdoor fire area, suggesting informal recreation rather than a staged event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even where copyright status or archive license is separately assessed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s New York camping 8mm, campers eating around fire, rustic campsite home movie, tin plates outdoors, and Adirondack or Catskills camp footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 New York outdoor footage, then broader home-movie scenes of camping, cooking, and group leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame showing campers eating near rocks, trees, smoke, and a large stone marked NO GUNS. — Campers gather around a smoky outdoor fire pit with plates in hand.

1938 New York campsite frame with a standing man holding food as seated campers gather beside the smoky fire area. — A standing camper eats while others sit near the campfire stones.

1938 New York outdoor camp frame showing men standing by a smoky fire pit, with plates, boots, rocks, and trees visible. — Campers stand around the smoky fire area during an outdoor meal.

1938 New York campsite frame with two men at the edge of a smoky fire area amid rocks, trees, boots, and outdoor clothing. — Two campers stand at the wooded campsite as smoke drifts over the rocks.

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