New York USA-1938: Trail Marker Showing Distances to Adirondack Destinations

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

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Trail Marker Showing Distances to Adirondack Destinations — Clip Details

A close-up view of a vintage 8mm film clip from 1938 in New York, showing a weathered wooden trail marker in a forested area. The sign displays white lettering with distances in miles and directional arrows, including a circular 'Trail Marker' emblem from the State of New York Conservation Department. The footage captures the texture of aged wood and the grain of the film, with a dark, natural setting surrounding the sign. This archival home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century outdoor recreation and wayfinding in the Adirondacks.

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: 123039358

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York outdoor recreation, Adirondack travel, trail wayfinding, and archival inserts about hiking or state conservation-era signage.
Period detail: The wooden directional sign, mileage lettering, arrows, and State of New York Conservation Department trail marker emblem support a late-1930s Adirondack wayfinding context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, pausing close to a trail sign as a traveler records practical route information in the woods.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooden signboards, white painted lettering, mileage figures, directional arrows, a round trail marker emblem, forest floor, leaves, and a post.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows pronounced grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing from a brief handheld home-movie view.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, establishing insert, route marker, or memory beat in sequences about Adirondack travel, hiking, or park access.
Historical context: The sign visually connects recreation, state-managed trails, and automobile-era visitor movement through wooded New York terrain without showing people or vehicles.
Research note: No people are visible, but the State of New York trail marker emblem and public-agency text should be reviewed for copyright, trademark, and editorial-use context.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 New York 8mm trail sign, Adirondack Lake Placid marker, wooden hiking mileage sign, and black-and-white home movie wayfinding.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Adirondack travel shots, then 1938 New York or Lake Placid material, then broader hiking, trail signage, and forest travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York 8mm frame showing a weathered wooden trail marker with white mileage figures and directional arrows in a wooded setting. — Wooden trail sign lists distances and directions along an Adirondack route.

Close 1938 New York frame of a wooden Adirondack-area sign with a round Conservation Department trail marker emblem and arrow lettering. — Round trail marker emblem appears on a wooden sign near Adirondack and lake lettering.

1938 New York 8mm frame showing partial Adirondack and Lake Placid lettering on a wooden trail sign in the woods. — Adirondack and Lake Placid text is visible on the lower trail sign board.

Cropped 1938 New York frame of a wooden trail sign showing trail text, partial Adirondack lettering, Lake Placid, and a support post. — The camera lingers on the trail sign's Lake Placid and Adirondack lettering.

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