New York USA-1938: Tall Foggy Grey Mountain Side Look Gloomy And Lonesome With

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

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Tall Foggy Grey Mountain Side Look Gloomy And Lonesome With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a misty mountain landscape under a heavy gray sky. The scene unfolds with soft, rolling hills shrouded in dense fog, creating a quiet, melancholic atmosphere. The grainy texture of the film and subtle vertical scratches add to the authentic archival feel. The camera remains steady, offering a contemplative view of nature's stillness, evoking a sense of isolation and nostalgia. This footage is ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or any project seeking authentic 1930s Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123039549

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm New York landscape footage for productions needing a quiet foggy mountain cutaway, rural mood insert, or period nature transition.
Period detail: The visible clues are environmental rather than built, with misty hills and soft gray exposure that may show a rural New York mountain view from 1938.
Home-movie behavior: The shot has the patient, unstaged quality of a home-movie camera lingering on weather and landscape rather than recording a planned event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered mountain slopes, low fog, a pale gray sky, soft horizon lines, film gate borders, dust marks, and vertical scratches.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows muted exposure, fine grain, slight softness, gate edges, and vertical wear that give the landscape a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative insert, weather transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway for isolation and rural atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage reflects a period home-movie interest in recording scenery and travel impressions, though the frames do not identify a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, audible music, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-related use concerns.
Research search match: Searches such as 1938 8mm New York foggy mountains, vintage home movie misty hills, and 1930s gray rural landscape match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 New York footage, then with fog, mountains, rural travel, or melancholic nature views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm New York footage appears to show a misty mountain slope fading into a gray sky, framed by dark film gate edges. — A foggy mountain side recedes beneath a flat gray sky.

The frame shows hazy New York mountain ridges from a 1938 8mm home movie, with muted contrast and vertical film scratches. — Layered hills sit in heavy mist with a subdued horizon.

A soft, fog-covered hillside appears in this 1938 New York 8mm frame, with a faint ridge line and visible archival film texture. — A pale hillside fades into mist below a gray sky.

The final frame holds on a subdued 1938 New York mountain view, where fog softens the ridge and the 8mm gate edge remains visible. — A muted mountain ridge is softened by fog and aged film texture.

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