Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: School Or Apartment Building With Classic Cars

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Cleveland Ohio

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

School Or Apartment Building With Classic Cars — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a street scene in Cleveland, Ohio. The footage shows a modernist brick building with large windows and a covered entrance, likely a school or apartment complex. Classic automobiles from the late 1930s are parked along the curb, including a prominent sedan with rounded fenders. A lamppost stands in the foreground, and the grainy black-and-white image has the authentic look of a preserved home movie. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American urban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124599627

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 1001 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1937-1938-1939
Reel-level location note: Cleveland
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: Cleveland, Ohio, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Cleveland urban exterior requests needing home-movie street footage of a public-facing building, curbside automobiles, and quiet neighborhood movement.
Period detail: The rounded sedans, black-and-white 8mm texture, lamppost, and brick institutional or apartment facade support a late-1930s American streetscape reading.
Home-movie behavior: The mostly static framing and brief passersby create an unstaged home-movie view of a street corner rather than a composed architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brick building, large window bands, a white roofline, curbside classic cars, a lamppost, sidewalk, street, and small walking figures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm black-and-white grain, mild exposure variation, gate edges, and slight frame instability that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, neighborhood transition, period cutaway, or memory beat around Depression-era or prewar urban life.
Historical context: The scene shows ordinary built environment and automobile parking in Cleveland, offering visual context for everyday urban surroundings without identifying a specific institution.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from property or personal rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Cleveland 8mm street scene, 1930s school or apartment exterior, classic cars parked at curb, and vintage urban home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Cleveland exteriors, then broader 1930s American street and automobile footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Cleveland street view with a brick institutional or apartment building, parked rounded sedans, sidewalk, and foreground lamppost. — A brick building and curbside cars are seen from across the street.

Cleveland, 1939, with late-1930s cars parked near a modern brick building, a lamppost, and a small figure by the sidewalk. — Rounded sedans sit along the curb outside the brick building.

1939 Cleveland home-movie frame showing parked cars at a curb, a brick building with window bands, utility poles, and distant walking figures. — Parked cars and distant pedestrians frame the building exterior.

1939 Cleveland exterior view with curbside automobiles, a foreground lamppost, sidewalk figures, and a brick school or apartment-like building. — The shot holds on the building facade with cars parked along the curb.

Visually Similar Clips