New York USA-1939: Girl Riding Tricycle on Suburban Sidewalk

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 New York

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Girl Riding Tricycle on Suburban Sidewalk — Clip Details

A young girl in a light-colored dress rides a tricycle along a suburban sidewalk in this 1939 8mm home movie. Shot in black and white, the footage captures her from behind as she pedals past trees and a utility pole, her hair tied back. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of vintage Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched summer day. The clip documents a simple, joyful moment of childhood recreation in a quiet neighborhood.

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: 123041382

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 1676 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jane
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: new york,washington
Date: 1939 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: 1939 New York home-movie footage suited to requests for suburban childhood recreation, neighborhood sidewalks, or family-life inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The light dress, small tricycle, open roadside verge, utility pole, and mature trees may show late-1930s suburban street life in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a child pedals and pauses on a small tricycle while the camera watches from a nearby fixed position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young girl, small tricycle, light dress, sidewalk edge, paved road, utility pole, grass, trees, and shrubbery.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture gives the scene soft focus, visible grain, mild gate shadowing, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a childhood memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, quiet suburban transition, or period recreation insert.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary outdoor play and a child-sized wheeled toy in a quiet residential-looking setting without supporting broader historical claims.
Research note: A visible child likely raises likeness and minor review needs; no logos are apparent, but copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 New York home movie, girl riding tricycle, suburban sidewalk, childhood recreation, black-and-white 8mm family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family scenes, then with New York 1939 neighborhood footage, and then with broader 1930s childhood or outdoor play material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a girl in a light dress rides a small tricycle beside a quiet road and trees. — Girl riding a small tricycle along a suburban sidewalk edge.

A girl on a small tricycle moves along a sidewalk edge in 1939 New York, passing a utility pole and roadside greenery. — Child on tricycle passing a utility pole beside the road.

The girl appears to turn or steady her tricycle near the curb, framed by a utility pole, shrubbery, grass, and a quiet road. — Girl adjusting direction on a tricycle near the curb.

A girl in a light dress is seen with her small tricycle along a grassy sidewalk edge in the supported 1939 New York setting. — Child with tricycle along the grassy edge of a neighborhood road.

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