Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Black And White Footage Of A Man Outdoors Smoking A

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

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Black And White Footage Of A Man Outdoors Smoking A — Clip Details

CLEVELAND OHIO USA-1939: A man in a fedora, glasses, and suit stands outdoors in a grainy 8mm home movie. The black-and-white footage captures him in profile against a backdrop of a dilapidated building and debris. As the clip progresses, a swarm of small yellow-orange insects, possibly bees or flies, appears and clusters around his hat and head. The scene is shot on vintage 8mm film, showing characteristic grain and a dark vignette, evoking a sense of historical documentation and unexpected natural intrusion.

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: 124599879

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Cleveland home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor portrait, period menswear detail, or an unusual insect-swarm cutaway for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The fedora, glasses, suit jacket, striped tie, cigarette, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s home-movie reading in the Cleveland location supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears casually observed rather than posed, turning in profile while smoking as insects gather around his hat and head.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a fedora and glasses, a cigarette, suit lapels, striped tie, rough outdoor ground, debris, a low deteriorated structure, and small yellow-orange insects.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, dark edge vignetting, visible gate divisions, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short character insert, period atmosphere cutaway, or unexpected behavioral beat within a 1930s urban home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a dressed adult man outdoors near rough ground and a worn structure, offering a small everyday view of urban surroundings without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or audible music are evident from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Research matches include 1939 Cleveland 8mm home movie, man in fedora smoking outdoors, black-and-white Depression-era street scene, and insects around hat archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Cleveland 1939 footage, then with 1930s outdoor portraits, menswear, smoking, or unusual insect behavior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Cleveland footage, a man in a fedora, glasses, suit jacket, and striped tie smokes outdoors near debris and a low worn building. — A suited man in profile smokes outdoors as the 8mm frame shows rough ground and a deteriorated structure behind him.

Small insects cluster near the back of the man's fedora as he faces left in profile.

The 1939 Cleveland 8mm frame shows the suited man looking downward as insects cluster along his fedora brim and near his neck. — The man dips his head, with insects visible across the hat brim and around the side of his face.

Near the end of the Cleveland clip, the man is partly cropped and blurred while insects remain visible around his hat and shoulder area. — The man moves partly out of view as insects remain visible across the hat and shoulder area.

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