Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Three Men Wearing Grey Coats Walk Toward Camera On A

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

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Three Men Wearing Grey Coats Walk Toward Camera On A — Clip Details

CLEVELAND OHIO USA-1939: Three men in grey suits and fedoras walk toward the camera on a cloudy day, their formal attire contrasting with the muddy, debris-strewn landscape. Shot on 8mm film, the grainy black-and-white footage captures a moment of quiet purpose as the men move across an industrial or construction site, with a wooden building and vintage car visible in the background. The handheld camera follows their approach, creating a candid, archival glimpse of mid-century American life.

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: 124599744

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 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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Cleveland or Depression-era urban-industrial sequences needing candid 8mm footage of formally dressed men crossing a rough outdoor worksite.
Period detail: The fedoras, long overcoats, suits, vintage automobile, and muddy undeveloped ground may show late-1930s American urban-edge or industrial-site conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The men walk toward the handheld camera with informal awareness, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie feeling rather than a posed official record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, suits and fedoras, muddy ground, scattered debris, a wooden shed-like building, utility poles, and a parked vintage car.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, flicker, gate edges, and slight handheld movement give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or character beat for urban worksite, travel, family-history, or prewar American life sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests formal everyday dress set against rough industrial or construction surroundings, without identifying the site or purpose of the visit.
Research note: Adult faces are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1939 Cleveland 8mm men in suits, Depression-era industrial site, vintage home movie men walking, or prewar Ohio street scene may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel 1939 Cleveland footage, then other Cleveland or Ohio clips from the same year, then broader 1930s urban-industrial home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three formally dressed men walk toward the camera at a rough outdoor site in 1939 Cleveland, with a small building and car behind them. — Three suited men approach across muddy ground with industrial-looking structures in the background.

Three adult men in coats and hats move closer to the handheld camera in 1939 Cleveland, with rough ground and low structures behind them. — The group advances toward the camera as the rough outdoor setting remains visible behind them.

Two suited men walk near the camera in the Cleveland home-movie footage, while the third man is partly outside the frame at left. — Two of the men fill more of the frame as the camera holds on their approach.

Two men in formal clothes pass close to the camera in 1939 Cleveland, with muddy ground, a utility pole, and a small building in the background. — The final frame brings two men close to the lens as the outdoor site recedes behind them.

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