New York USA-1938: People in Woods

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

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People in Woods — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a group of people in a wooded outdoor setting. The grainy black-and-white footage shows individuals navigating a forested area with bare trees, suggesting late autumn or winter. One person in a light-colored shirt and dark pants appears to be assisting another on the uneven terrain. Later frames reveal a group of three people standing together, dressed in period-appropriate outerwear, with one person in a dark coat and hat. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural lighting, and authentic 1930s-era clothing and hairstyles. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into everyday life and outdoor recreation in New York 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: 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: 123040104

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: Helps source 1930s New York home-movie footage of adults moving through woods for documentary, museum, education, or period-life edits.
Period detail: The clothing, dark coats, hats, bare trees, and 8mm black-and-white look support a late-1930s outdoor scene, though no landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in people picking their way through uneven woodland and gathering casually near the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare trees, brush, uneven ground, adults in coats, one light shirt, a dark hat, handheld framing, and a contact-sheet view.
Film character: The clip shows grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, vignetting, and handheld movement consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, transition, or cutaway for outdoor recreation or everyday social life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scene may show informal leisure or walking in a wooded New York setting, with adults dressed for cool weather and no visible signage or landmarks.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or music are visible or indicated, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 New York woods home movie, 1930s adults outdoors, vintage 8mm forest walk, and Depression-era informal recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 New York material, then broader 1930s outdoor leisure or wooded walking scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New York home-movie frame showing two adults navigating a wooded area with leaf litter and bare branches. — Two adults move through a wooded area, with one crouched near the ground.

1938 New York woodland frame with a person partly visible among bare trees, brush, and high contrast 8mm exposure. — A figure stands in dense winterlike woods and brush.

Underexposed 1938 home-movie frame where faint adults appear in a dark wooded area with heavy shadow and film grain. — Faint figures are barely visible in a dark section of woodland footage.

1938 New York home-movie frame showing three adults in period outerwear near bare trees, including one person in a dark coat and hat. — Three adults gather near the camera in a wooded outdoor setting.

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