Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Man in Suit and Fedora in Industrial Setting

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

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Man in Suit and Fedora in Industrial Setting — Clip Details

A man in a suit, tie, and fedora hat stands in an industrial setting in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1939. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows a grainy, monochrome image with visible orange film damage and scratches. The man wears glasses and appears to be observing his surroundings, with a backdrop of industrial buildings and debris. The vintage aesthetic captures a moment of mid-20th century American industrial life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & 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: 124599929

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 industrial America requests needing a brief human cutaway of a suited man in a Cleveland worksite or factory-adjacent setting.
Period detail: The fedora, suit, tie, eyeglasses, monochrome 8mm look, and industrial yard backdrop support a late-1930s urban American setting.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears informally filmed as he turns and smiles, giving the clip the candid presence of a personal record rather than a staged portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man in a fedora, eyeglasses, striped tie, industrial buildings, rough ground, debris, and pronounced film wear.
Film character: The footage has grainy monochrome texture, soft focus, handheld framing, edge vignetting, scratches, and orange emulsion marks from the physical film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or character cutaway in a sequence about prewar urban industry or family visits to work sites.
Historical context: The frames place a dressed adult man against a utilitarian industrial landscape, suggesting the social overlap of business dress and working environments.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from film copyright and any location or property assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Cleveland 8mm footage, 1930s man in fedora, industrial yard home movie, suited man at factory site, and prewar Ohio archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1939 material, then broader 1930s industrial and men-in-business-dress scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A suited man in a fedora stands in profile at an industrial site.

A man in a suit, tie, glasses, and fedora faces slightly toward the camera in a 1939 Cleveland industrial setting. — The man turns toward the camera with industrial structures behind him.

The 1939 Cleveland home-movie frame shows the man closer to camera, wearing glasses, a fedora, suit jacket, and striped tie. — A closer view shows the man's glasses, fedora, and striped tie.

A suited man in a fedora appears to smile slightly while standing before rough ground and industrial buildings in Cleveland, Ohio in 1939. — The man appears relaxed as the camera catches him from the front.

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