New York USA-1938: Two Women Sitting on Grassy Hillside

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

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Two Women Sitting on Grassy Hillside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment in New York, USA. The footage opens with a misty, grainy view of a hillside landscape, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8 film. The scene transitions to two young women sitting together on a grassy slope, surrounded by trees. One wears a plaid shirt, the other a light-colored blouse, both with short, styled hair typical of the era. They appear relaxed and engaged, possibly reading or sharing a book, embodying a sense of calm companionship. The black-and-white image shows natural film grain and slight wear, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 123039442

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 requests for quiet leisure, friendship, and informal outdoor social moments.
Period detail: The women's short hairstyles and casual plaid and light blouses may show late-1930s personal fashion in an outdoor hillside setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged companionship as two women sit close together and appear to share or look at a small book or object.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a misty hillside, shrubs or evergreen growth, two seated women, plaid clothing, a light blouse, dark film borders, and a small hand-held item.
Film character: The clip carries a black-and-white 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and gate borders from the physical scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, intimate cutaway, or transition into a story about friendship, leisure, or everyday life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest social glimpse of two women outdoors rather than a documented public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos, music, or clear private property in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 New York home movie, 1930s women sitting outdoors, black-and-white 8mm leisure footage, and vintage friendship cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with New York or 1938 home movies, and then with outdoor leisure or companionship scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a misty New York hillside with shrubs and heavy scan borders, dated by metadata to 1938. — A soft, misty hillside view opens the brief home-movie scene.

Black-and-white 8mm view of shrubs and a hazy hillside in New York, with the physical film gate visible at the sides. — The camera holds on a hazy outdoor slope with dense low vegetation.

Two women sit close together on a New York hillside in 1938 home-movie footage, appearing relaxed beside shrubs and rocks. — Two seated women share a quiet outdoor moment on the slope.

Black-and-white 1938 New York home-movie frame of two women seated outdoors, looking down together at a small hand-held item. — The women look down together, suggesting a shared book or small object.

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