New York USA-1938: Woman Walking Across Wooden Bridge In Forest

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

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Woman Walking Across Wooden Bridge In Forest — Clip Details

A young woman in a light-colored dress and hat walks across a wooden bridge in a dense forest, carrying a shoulder bag. Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures her journey through a natural, wooded setting. The grainy black-and-white footage shows her moving steadily forward, with trees and foliage surrounding the rustic bridge. The handheld camera follows her from behind, creating a nostalgic, personal perspective of a leisurely walk in nature.

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: 123039695

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: 1930s New York home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet outdoor walking insert, nature cutaway, or personal travel memory beat.
Period detail: The light dress, small hat, shoulder bag, rustic bridge, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s home-movie reading without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The woman is filmed from behind as she walks across the bridge, giving the clip an unstaged companion or family-travel perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a light hat and dress, shoulder bag, wooden bridge railing, dense foliage, tree trunks, and a shaded wooded path.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft contrast, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the footage a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective outdoor insert, transition into a nature sequence, or brief memory beat within a personal travel montage.
Historical context: The footage shows leisure walking in a wooded setting, suggesting private recreation or sightseeing rather than a documented public event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be relevant even though no logos, children, or private interiors are apparent.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1938 New York 8mm home movie, woman walking on wooden bridge, 1930s forest walk, and vintage nature path footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 New York outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s walking or wooded leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York 8mm frame of a woman in a light hat and dress viewed from behind on a rustic wooden bridge in a wooded area. — A woman pauses or walks along a wooden bridge surrounded by foliage.

The woman is framed from behind on the bridge, with her shoulder bag visible and dense New York woodland filling the background. — The walker faces into the wooded setting from the bridge.

A rear view shows the woman moving farther along the rustic bridge, with tree trunks and large leaves in the foreground. — The camera follows the woman as she continues across the shaded bridge.

The woman appears smaller in the frame as she reaches the farther part of the wooden bridge within the wooded New York setting. — The woman moves away toward the far end of the bridge.

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