New York USA-1938: Hiker Walking Through Dense Forest

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

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

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Hiker Walking Through Dense Forest — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1938: A grainy, uncolored 8mm home movie captures a hiker moving through a dense forest. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, shows a person in period clothing navigating through trees and underbrush, with natural light filtering through the canopy. The image quality is heavily affected by age, with visible scratches, dust, and film grain, creating a raw, authentic archival feel. The camera follows the hiker's movement, offering a glimpse into a quiet moment of outdoor recreation from 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123040285

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: This clip supports 1930s New York outdoor recreation requests needing brief uncolored 8mm home-movie footage of a person moving through woods.
Period detail: The footage may show period outdoor clothing and casual hiking behavior, though the frames are too soft and contrasty for precise garment identification.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie glimpse of someone navigating dense trees and underbrush from a close, handheld viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare tree branches, leafy undergrowth, a wooded path or forest floor, one partly obscured adult figure, window-like frame edges, and heavy film wear.
Film character: The clip has a high-grain uncolored 8mm look with uneven exposure, soft focus, scratches, dust, and handheld framing that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, transitional forest cutaway, or insert for prewar leisure, hiking, and family-film sequences.
Historical context: The scene gives a small social view of informal outdoor recreation in a wooded setting without showing landmarks or enough detail to identify the exact site.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable in these frames; copyright, likeness, and location context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s New York 8mm hiking footage, uncolored home movie in woods, prewar outdoor recreation, and person walking through forest.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 New York material, then broader 1930s hiking, woods, and outdoor leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Uncolored 1938 New York 8mm frame with faint trees and a wooded scene obscured by exposure and film wear. — A pale, worn opening frame suggests a wooded area through heavy scratches and soft exposure.

Uncolored 1938 New York 8mm frame showing bare woodland branches through heavy scratches and uneven exposure. — Bare branches fill a bright, scratched frame with little distinct foreground detail.

Uncolored 1938 New York 8mm frame showing dense forest undergrowth and branches from a handheld home-movie view. — Branches and leafy undergrowth crowd the frame as the camera looks through the woods.

Uncolored 1938 New York 8mm frame with a partly obscured adult figure moving through trees and underbrush. — A figure is partly hidden by branches and foliage while moving through the wooded scene.

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