New York USA-1941: A Calm River Between Two Mountains On A Cloudy Day

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Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1941 New York

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A Calm River Between Two Mountains On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1941, this vintage home movie captures a serene river winding through a lush, mountainous landscape under an overcast sky. The footage, framed by the dark edges of a projector gate, shows calm water reflecting the cloudy day, with green hillsides rising on both sides. The natural, unsteady movement of the Super 8 camera suggests a personal journey, possibly from a boat or riverside vantage point. The film exhibits classic 1940s color grading with faded blues and greens, grain, and slight wear, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of Americana offers a quiet, reflective moment from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123128180

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1941 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s New York 8mm home-movie river scenery for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a quiet natural landscape insert.
Period detail: The clip may show 1941 amateur color 8mm travel footage, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or landmarks to further identify the period.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels visitor-shot and handheld, observing the river and hills from a moving or slightly shifting vantage rather than staging a formal landscape view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winding river, steep green hillsides, darker mountain slopes, overcast sky, water ripples, rocky banks, and the black film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, muted blue-green color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and gate framing typical of scanned small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing cutaway, reflective transition, travel-memory beat, or scenic insert between more specific New York material.
Historical context: The images document a quiet river landscape in New York as seen by an amateur camera, emphasizing terrain and weather rather than identifiable social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific use concerns before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s New York river footage, 8mm mountain landscape, cloudy day waterway, vintage home movie nature, and calm river cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1941 New York landscapes, and then with broader 1940s river, mountain, or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 New York 8mm frame showing a calm river below green hills and darker mountain slopes on a cloudy day. — A river bends through green hills beneath a cloudy sky.

1941 New York home-movie view of a broad river curving between mountain slopes, with soft focus and visible film edges. — The river widens between shadowed mountain slopes.

1941 New York 8mm still showing rippled river water, steep hillsides, and a cloudy sky from a handheld travel viewpoint. — Ripples cross the river as hills close in on both sides.

1941 New York home-movie frame of a river bend bordered by green banks and dark mountain slopes under an overcast sky. — A muted river bend runs past green banks and shadowed hills.

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