New York USA-1938: Black And White Short Film Of Lady Walking Over A Bridge

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

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Black And White Short Film Of Lady Walking Over A Bridge — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A woman in a light-colored jacket and dark pants walks across a rustic wooden bridge in a wooded area. Shot on 8mm film, the black and white footage captures her steady approach toward the camera, with a simple log railing on either side. The scene is framed by natural foliage and trees, conveying a quiet, candid moment from a 1930s home movie. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of vintage Super 8 home footage, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123040003

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor walking moment with an adult woman on a rustic bridge.
Period detail: The light jacket, trousers, small shoulder bag, wooden rail bridge, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show a late-1930s leisure outing in a wooded New York setting.
Home-movie behavior: The woman walks toward the camera in an informal, unstaged way, briefly turning her head as if aware of the person filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult woman, light jacket, dark pants, shoulder bag, rustic wooden bridge rails, path surface, shrubs, and trees.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat, or quiet transition for outdoor recreation, family travel, or 1930s everyday-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers modest social context through clothing, casual walking behavior, and a simple wooded footbridge rather than a named landmark or public event.
Research note: A visible adult face may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately from the stock footage license.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s New York home movie woman walking on wooden bridge, black-and-white 8mm outdoor footage, and vintage wooded path cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1938 outdoor clips, then with related home-movie walking, bridge, park, and wooded recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 New York home-movie footage, an adult woman in a light jacket and dark pants approaches on a wooden bridge in a wooded area. — A woman approaches the camera across a simple wooden bridge bordered by foliage.

The woman moves closer to the camera on the rustic bridge, with log railings and dense foliage visible in the 1938 New York footage. — The walker nears the camera as the bridge rails lead into the wooded background.

Closer in frame, the adult woman appears to glance sideways while walking on the wooden bridge in a wooded New York setting. — The woman draws nearer and turns her head slightly beside the bridge railing.

At the end of the clip, the woman is near the foreground on the rustic bridge, with wooded foliage and railings still visible behind her. — The walker reaches the front of the bridge, filling more of the frame.

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