New York USA-1938: Two Women in Woods and Crossing Bridge

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

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Two Women in Woods and Crossing Bridge — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: Two women explore a wooded, natural landscape in this vintage 8mm home movie. One woman, wearing a checkered shirt, bends down among the foliage, while the other walks across a rustic wooden bridge. The footage captures candid moments of outdoor activity, with the grainy black-and-white image and soft focus characteristic of 1930s amateur film. The scene evokes a sense of quiet adventure and nostalgia, showcasing everyday life in the American countryside during 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123039666

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 editorial sequences needing real 8mm home-movie views of women outdoors in wooded New York scenery.
Period detail: The clothing, soft black-and-white 8mm image, and rustic outdoor setting support a late-1930s home-movie reading without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged leisure behavior as one woman bends among foliage and another moves across a simple bridge from a handheld family-camera viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a checkered shirt, dense foliage, a wooded path, a rustic bridge rail, and soft daylight in a natural landscape.
Film character: The footage has grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability consistent with amateur 8mm film scanned from physical stock.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, outdoor leisure insert, rural travel cutaway, or transition within a 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows women spending leisure time in a wooded landscape, offering everyday social context rather than a documented public event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos or obvious private property are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 New York 8mm home movie, women hiking in woods, rustic bridge footage, and 1930s outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 New York footage, then broader 1930s women outdoors or woodland leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 New York home-movie footage, a woman appears bent among plants in a wooded outdoor setting. — A woman bends down amid brush and plants in the woods.

A woman in a checkered shirt leans toward plants in a wooded New York setting in 1938 8mm footage. — A checkered-shirted woman leans down beside low plants.

The 1938 New York footage shows a woman in a checkered shirt standing near brush in a wooded landscape. — A woman stands near the edge of a path or brushy clearing.

A woman walks across a simple wooden bridge in a wooded New York landscape, seen in 1938 home-movie footage. — A woman crosses a rustic bridge with trees and foliage behind her.

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