New York USA-1938: Woman with Backpack Walking Through Wooded Hills

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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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Woman with Backpack Walking Through Wooded Hills — Clip Details

A woman in vintage 1930s attire walks through a wooded, hilly landscape in this 8mm home movie from New York, USA, 1938. She carries a large bundle or backpack, moving steadily along a dirt path surrounded by bare trees. The grainy black-and-white footage shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, capturing a candid moment of outdoor exploration. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible grain, edge wear, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of a personal journey through nature.

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: 123040348

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s New York 8mm outdoor footage for documentary inserts about hiking, rural recreation, personal travel, or women moving through wooded terrain.
Period detail: The clothing, brimmed hat, bundled pack, and soft black-and-white 8mm look support the 1938 home-movie setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has the value of an unstaged home movie, following people from behind as they walk a rough path through bare trees and brush.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman with a large pack or blanket roll, a dirt path, bare woods, hilly ground, another walker, and worn film borders.
Film character: The clip carries strong physical-film texture, with grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, scratches, and handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief walking insert, outdoor transition, memory beat, or cutaway within a 1930s travel or camping sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows informal outdoor recreation in a wooded New York landscape, with period dress and carried gear suggesting a personal excursion.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s New York hiking footage, 8mm home movie camping, woman carrying pack, wooded path, and vintage outdoor travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 New York outdoor footage, then broader 1930s hiking, camping, or nature travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A distant person walks through a bare wooded New York landscape in 1938 8mm home-movie footage. — A figure moves along a rough path through leafless woods.

A woman in period outdoor clothing carries a large pack or blanket roll while walking through wooded terrain in New York, 1938. — The camera follows closely behind a woman carrying a bulky pack or roll.

The woman continues down a rough path with a large bundle on her back in black-and-white 1938 home-movie footage. — A bundled load fills the frame as the walker continues through the woods.

Two people walk away along a wooded path, with the nearer woman carrying a pack and another person ahead in a brimmed hat. — The group continues away from the camera through sparse trees and brush.

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