Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Men In Suits Congregating At Construction Site With One Spitting

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

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Men In Suits Congregating At Construction Site With One... — Clip Details

CLEVELAND OHIO USA-1939: A grainy 8mm home movie captures a group of men in suits and fedoras gathered at a construction site. The black-and-white footage shows them congregating near a brick wall, with debris and construction materials scattered around. One man in the foreground spits, a common action in period footage. The scene, shot from a fixed perspective, reflects the casual, observational style of vintage home movies from the late 1930s.

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: 124599818

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Cleveland or Depression-era urban worksite sequences needing a brief observational cutaway of men gathered near construction activity.
Period detail: The suits, overcoats, brimmed hats, brick wall, and rough ground may show late-1930s urban dress and construction-site surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause as men stand, talk, look around, and one man appears to spit while the camera observes from a fixed distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men in hats, a brick wall, scattered rubble, worksite debris, dark frame edges, and a small group shifting positions.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, gate shadows, and uneven exposure that give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transitional city cutaway, or social-observation beat within a 1930s urban or construction montage.
Historical context: The scene shows men in formal street clothing gathered beside a rough work area, suggesting public observation or informal conversation near construction.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed even where no logos, music, or identifiable private interiors are apparent.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Cleveland 8mm footage, men in suits at construction site, Depression-era street gathering, and vintage worksite home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Cleveland footage, then other 1939 Ohio urban scenes, then broader clips of suited men, construction sites, or street gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Cleveland footage, several men in suits and brimmed hats gather beside a brick wall and scattered worksite debris. — Men in suits stand near a brick wall and rubble at the construction site.

Suited men in hats congregate near construction debris in Cleveland, with a brick wall filling the background. — The group stands and talks near debris at the edge of the work area.

A closer cluster of men in suits and hats stands at the Cleveland construction site, with scattered rubble visible behind them. — Several suited men cluster near the wall as the home-movie camera holds position.

Men in period suits and hats remain gathered beside the brick wall and rubble in the 1939 Cleveland home-movie scene. — The group remains gathered beside the brick wall and rough construction ground.

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