New York USA-1938: Woman Combing Hair in Field with Camera

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

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Woman Combing Hair in Field with Camera — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A woman in a plaid flannel shirt combs her dark, styled hair with a white comb while seated outdoors in a grassy field. Another person in a light jacket sits beside her, and a man in a light shirt holds a camera, capturing the moment. The scene unfolds in a natural setting with bushes in the background, captured on 8mm film with visible grain and soft focus, evoking a candid, nostalgic 1930s home movie atmosphere.

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: 123039464

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: Useful for 1930s New York home-movie requests needing casual outdoor grooming, photography, and leisure behavior as documentary or museum cutaway material.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, coiffed hair, box-style camera, and 8mm monochrome look may show late-1930s casual dress and amateur filming culture.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal moment of a woman combing her hair while companions sit nearby and a man appears to photograph or film her.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman in plaid, a white comb, grassy ground, another seated person, a cap or hat edge, bushes, and a man with a camera.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm texture with visible grain, mild exposure variation, frame edges, and handheld contact-sheet motion that supports an archival home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, social-life insert, transition, or cutaway for amateur photography and outdoor leisure in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scene documents an ordinary outdoor gathering rather than a public event, emphasizing personal grooming, companionship, and camera use in a field setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos, private property, or audible music are evident.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 New York 8mm home movie, woman combing hair outdoors, plaid shirt in field, and amateur camera leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1938 outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s home-movie clips of grooming or amateur photography.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame of a woman in a plaid shirt holding a white comb while seated outdoors beside another person. — A woman pauses with a comb while seated in grass beside a companion.

1938 New York frame showing a seated woman combing her dark hair with a white comb in a grassy outdoor setting. — The woman lifts the comb to smooth her hair during the outdoor gathering.

1938 New York home-movie still of a woman combing her hair outdoors, with another seated figure close beside her. — A candid grooming moment continues as the woman combs her hair in the field.

1938 New York outdoor frame with a man holding a camera near bushes as seated companions remain partly visible. — A man with a camera appears near the bushes, continuing the informal outdoor scene.

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