New York USA-1941: A Navy Officer Walking Confidently Down a Garden Path

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

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A Navy Officer Walking Confidently Down a Garden Path — Clip Details

A young man in a crisp navy officer's uniform walks confidently down a garden path in this 8mm home movie from 1941. Shot in New York, the footage captures his formal attire—complete with a white hat, double-breasted jacket with gold buttons, and tie—against a backdrop of manicured hedges and a stone statue. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color shifts, and a slightly soft focus, conveying a nostalgic, personal moment from the World War II era. The camera follows his approach, ending with a close-up of his face as he smiles.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123128549

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 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: Useful for 1940s U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief Navy officer portrait, military leave moment, or wartime-era personal-life insert.
Period detail: The white peaked cap, dark double-breasted naval jacket, gold buttons, tie, garden path, and 8mm color stock support a 1941 New York home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The officer walks toward the camera and smiles, suggesting a posed but informal family-film moment rather than a staged official record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Navy-style uniform, white peaked cap, gold buttons, garden path, clipped hedges, lawn edge, stone statue, and soft sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm color shifts, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short character introduction, wartime memory beat, military-family cutaway, or transition into personal WWII-era material.
Historical context: The clip shows military dress within a domestic garden setting, offering social context for how service identity appeared in family films of the early 1940s.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and military uniform are visible, so likeness, identification, and uniform-context review may still be needed apart from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1941 New York 8mm Navy officer home movie, WWII-era serviceman walking in garden, and vintage military portrait footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other New York 1941 home movies, and then related 1940s military, family, garden, or serviceman portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1941 New York 8mm home movie, a young Navy officer walks down a garden path toward the camera. — A Navy officer approaches along a curved garden path with hedges and a stone statue in the background.

The officer walks nearer in the New York garden setting, his white cap and dark naval jacket prominent. — The officer moves closer to the camera, framed by clipped hedges and the garden path.

A closer 1941 home-movie view shows the Navy officer smiling slightly as he approaches the camera. — The camera holds a closer view of the officer’s uniform and cap as he nears the lens.

The clip ends on a soft close-up of the smiling Navy officer in cap and uniform, outdoors in New York. — A soft close-up catches the officer smiling beneath his white peaked cap.

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