New York USA-1938: Men Eating Outdoors in Forest

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

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Men Eating Outdoors in Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a group of men in a wooded outdoor setting, likely a forest or park in New York. The black-and-white footage shows them engaged in a casual outdoor gathering, with one man preparing food and others eating from plates. The subjects wear period-appropriate clothing including sweaters, jackets, and hats, with one man in a plaid shirt. The grainy texture and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century American leisure and camaraderie.

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: 123039313

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 suited to documentary or educational requests for informal outdoor leisure, food sharing, and adult male social gatherings.
Period detail: The clothing, caps, sweaters, plaid shirt, metal plates, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie setting, while the wooded location remains broadly identified as New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures unstaged social behavior as men prepare and eat food outdoors, with casual movement and attention divided between plates, companions, and the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men with plates, a wooded backdrop, bare trees, rocks or stonework, a plaid shirt, caps, sweaters, and food being served.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for outdoor recreation, Depression-era leisure, male friendship, or informal meals in nature.
Historical context: The scene offers visual evidence of a small adult gathering outdoors, showing food preparation and eating as a casual social activity rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private interiors are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal rights.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 New York 8mm men eating outdoors, 1930s home movie forest picnic, vintage male group meal, and black-and-white outdoor leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel material, then other 1938 New York footage, then related clips of outdoor meals, forest gatherings, and informal American leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1938 New York home-movie frame showing men in jackets among bare trees and rocks outdoors. — Men move through a wooded area during an informal outdoor gathering.

Black-and-white 1938 New York frame with a capped man standing in woodland beside a covered object or cloth. — A capped man handles food or an object beside trees and brush.

Black-and-white 1938 New York home-movie frame showing men with plates during an outdoor meal in a wooded setting. — Men gather with plates as food is served during an outdoor meal.

Black-and-white 1938 New York frame showing men eating from plates, including one man close to the camera. — Men eat from plates during a casual outdoor gathering among trees.

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