New York USA-1938: Woman Walking Across Bridge in Forest Near River

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

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Woman Walking Across Bridge in Forest Near River — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored dress and hat walks across a wooden bridge in a dense forest, filmed on 8mm home movie in 1938. The black-and-white footage captures her from behind as she moves through the natural setting, with trees and foliage framing the scene. The clip transitions to a flowing river surrounded by wooded banks, showing the water moving over rocks. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of vintage 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic home movie footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor life in New York.

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: 123039714

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 New York outdoor-life requests needing home-movie footage of a woman crossing a rustic bridge and river scenery.
Period detail: The light dress, brimmed hat, simple wooden footbridge, and monochrome 8mm texture may show late-1930s leisure travel or a nature outing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from behind as the woman walks away, giving the scene an unstaged family-travel or companion-shot perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a hat, a wooden bridge rail, dense trees, leafy undergrowth, a flowing river, rocks, and wooded banks.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, mild gate edges, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief nature-walk insert, river cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a lone female figure in a wooded New York setting, suggesting informal recreation without identifying a landmark or event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or obvious private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Searches for 1938 New York 8mm river footage, woman walking on forest bridge, vintage home movie nature walk, or 1930s wooded stream may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel outdoor scenes, then other 1938 New York footage, then broader 1930s river, bridge, and forest home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York 8mm frame showing a woman from behind on a rustic bridge surrounded by trees and foliage. — A woman walks away across a wooden footbridge in dense woods.

1938 New York home-movie frame with a woman in a hat near a bridge rail in a shaded forest setting. — The woman remains near the bridge rail as trees fill the background.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a river or stream running through wooded banks in New York, dated by metadata to 1938. — A stream or river winds through trees and brush.

1938 New York 8mm frame showing shallow river water, scattered rocks, wooded edges, and part of a bridge railing. — River water moves around rocks beside a bridge railing.

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