New York USA-1938: Leaves Rustle in Breeze

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

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Leaves Rustle in Breeze — Clip Details

A close-up shot of leaves rustling in the breeze, captured on 8mm film in 1938. The black and white footage shows natural movement among foliage, with soft shadows and a grainy texture characteristic of vintage home movies. The camera remains steady, focusing on the delicate motion of leaves against a dark background. This archival clip evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment from a bygone era, perfect for historical or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123039872

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 New York home-movie nature inserts, especially brief archival cutaways of foliage, weather, or quiet outdoor atmosphere.
Period detail: Visible clues are limited to black-and-white 8mm texture and close-up foliage, with the 1938 New York attribution supplied by clip metadata rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The shot has an observational home-movie quality, lingering on leaves moving in a breeze rather than staging people or a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: The frames show overlapping leaves, small stems, dark shadowed background areas, soft highlights, film grain, and contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries fine 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned vintage home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, seasonal transition, reflective memory beat, or visual pause between people or place scenes.
Historical context: As a close view of foliage, the clip offers environmental texture from a 1938 New York home-movie reel without showing social activity or identifiable location details.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any reel-level ownership or donor restrictions should still be checked.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 New York 8mm foliage, black-and-white leaves in breeze, vintage home movie nature cutaway, and 1930s outdoor texture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 New York material, then broader 1930s nature, garden, or seasonal atmosphere footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York 8mm frame showing a close view of leaves and stems with dark shadows and soft film grain. — Leaves and stems fill the frame in a close black-and-white outdoor view.

Black-and-white 8mm close-up of highlighted leaves and surrounding foliage, attributed to New York in 1938. — Highlighted leaves stand out against darker foliage in the close-up frame.

Soft black-and-white 8mm frame of leaves seen close to the camera, with grain and shadowed edges. — A soft, shadowed close-up shows leaves moving near the lens.

Pale end frame from the 8mm scan with minimal visible subject detail, faint dust, and dark frame edges. — The final sampled frame is largely pale, with faint film marks and border darkness.

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