New York USA-1938: Is This What It Looked Like In London When The Fog From The

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Is This What It Looked Like In London When The Fog From The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this grainy, monochrome clip captures a hazy, mountainous landscape shrouded in dense fog. The image is obscured by film damage, including scratches and a small dark spot, with faint vertical lines suggesting film sprocket holes. The scene evokes a sense of mystery and isolation, with no clear subjects or landmarks visible. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of a fog-laden environment, possibly from a home movie collection, with a nostalgic, atmospheric quality.

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: 123039558

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: Supports requests for 1930s 8mm atmospheric landscape material, especially fog, obscured horizons, transitions, and archival texture inserts.
Period detail: The frames may show a distant mountainous or hilly landscape, with the 1938 date and New York location supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a home-movie observation of weather and landscape rather than staged action, with the camera lingering on fog-softened terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale fog, faint mountain ridges, dark film borders, frame divisions, vertical scan lines, scratches, dust, and a small dark mark.
Film character: The 8mm monochrome image has soft contrast, heavy haze, visible grain, vertical wear lines, and contact-sheet framing that foregrounds the physical film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a mood insert, memory beat, weather transition, or abstract cutaway for fog, distance, uncertainty, or archival atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests a foggy rural or mountainous view, but it does not identify a specific place, event, or social setting within New York.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or clear private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific property considerations should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 8mm foggy landscape, New York home movie haze, monochrome mountain fog, and damaged archival film texture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames or same reel, then other 1938 New York material, then broader fog, landscape, and physical-film texture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm frame from New York metadata showing a hazy distant ridge with dark borders, scratches, and pale fog. — A faint ridge is barely visible through fog and film wear.

1938 New York 8mm frame with a distant hazy ridge, soft grey exposure, dark side borders, and visible vertical scratches. — A distant ridge recedes behind fog and vertical film marks.

Monochrome 8mm frame from 1938 New York metadata showing washed-out fog, faint terrain, a dark scratch, and film-frame boundaries. — Fog and overexposure obscure the landscape, with a dark scratch crossing the frame.

1938 New York 8mm frame with a soft foggy hillside, pale sky, dark film border, vertical wear, and small marks near the edge. — A barely defined hillside fades into haze and worn film edges.

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