New York USA-1938: Man Eating Outdoors While Person Lies on Ground

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

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Man Eating Outdoors While Person Lies on Ground — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A man in a light-colored shirt sits outdoors among evergreen trees, appearing to eat or drink from a container. The scene shifts to show a person lying on the ground, partially obscured by foliage, suggesting a picnic or rest during a hike. The footage captures a quiet, candid moment in nature, with a distant mountain view visible through the trees. Shot on 8mm film, the clip exhibits classic grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel from the late 1930s.

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: 123039534

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 1930s New York home-movie material for productions needing a quiet outdoor eating, hiking, or rest moment with visible adult figures in a wooded setting.
Period detail: The light shirt, metal-looking container, soft 8mm monochrome image, and informal outdoor setup may show late-1930s leisure clothing and amateur filming practices.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a man eats or drinks among evergreens before the camera turns toward a resting person and distant landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man in a light shirt, evergreen trees, a small container, seated picnic posture, a person partly hidden near foliage, and hazy hills beyond the trees.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, frame-edge shadows, and handheld composition that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, nature outing cutaway, picnic transition, or memory beat within a sequence about 1930s leisure and travel.
Historical context: The footage visually documents informal outdoor recreation in a wooded New York setting without supporting a more specific site, event, or landmark identification.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, music, private interiors, or identifiable private property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 New York 8mm home movie picnic, man eating outdoors, hikers resting in evergreens, and vintage mountain-view leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 New York outdoor footage, and then with broader 1930s hiking, picnic, and nature-rest scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1938 New York 8mm frame, a man in a light shirt sits outdoors among evergreen trees with a small container nearby. — A seated man is filmed from behind among evergreens during an outdoor stop.

In this 1938 New York 8mm frame, the seated man appears to eat or drink while surrounded by dense evergreen foliage. — The man raises something toward his mouth while seated in the woods.

In this 1938 New York 8mm frame, a partly obscured person appears low among evergreens with a distant hazy landscape beyond. — A low figure is partly hidden by foliage as the camera looks toward distant hills.

In this 1938 New York 8mm frame, the back of a person's head appears at the lower edge before evergreens and a distant mountain view. — The camera looks past a person's head toward evergreens and a hazy landscape.

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