New York USA-1938: Man Climbing Rocks In 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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Man Climbing Rocks In Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a man climbing a rocky forest slope in New York. The grainy black-and-white footage shows him navigating steep terrain through dense trees and underbrush, with natural light filtering through the canopy. The handheld camera follows his ascent, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse of outdoor adventure from the late 1930s. The footage evokes a sense of exploration and nostalgia, with authentic film grain and edge distortion characteristic of early home movies.

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: 123040298

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 1938 New York 8mm home-movie clip helps solve archival requests for late-1930s outdoor recreation, wooded terrain, and informal climbing footage for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The clothing and black-and-white 8mm home-movie texture may show a late-1930s amateur outing, with no visible landmarks or dated signs beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera follows a man moving through brush and rocky ground, preserving an unstaged record of a casual outdoor climb rather than a formal expedition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a wooded slope, bare tree trunks, rocky ground, underbrush, hillside terrain, bright sky gaps, and heavy frame-edge shadowing.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transitional cutaway for outdoor recreation, hiking, climbing, or Depression-era home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a modest view of leisure and physical movement in a New York wooded landscape, without enough visible evidence to identify a specific park, trail, or event.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, children, private interiors, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1938 New York 8mm home movie man climbing rocks, 1930s forest outing footage, vintage hiking in woods, and amateur black-and-white outdoor recreation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1938 New York outdoor scenes, and finally with broader vintage hiking, forest, rocks, and home-movie recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A man appears to climb or scramble through underbrush on a rocky forest slope in 1938 New York home-movie footage. — Man climbs through brush on a wooded slope.

A man is seen at a distance on a wooded hillside with bare branches and uneven rocky ground, consistent with the supplied 1938 New York setting. — Distant figure on wooded hillside.

The camera looks across a rocky New York forest slope with bare trees and no clearly visible person in this frame. — Rocky wooded slope and trees.

A man stands partly obscured by tree trunks and bare branches on rocky forest ground in the 1938 New York home-movie scene. — Man among trees on rocky ground.

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