Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Black And White Video With A Large Building And A Tree

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

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Black And White Video With A Large Building And A Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a large industrial building in Cleveland, Ohio. The exterior shots show a long, utilitarian structure with a flat roof and rows of windows, framed by bare trees suggesting winter or early spring. The footage transitions to the interior, revealing a spacious, dimly lit hall with high ceilings, where a crowd of people gathers near a bright doorway. The grainy black-and-white image and subtle camera movement evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124600083

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: Supports requests for late-1930s Cleveland industrial or civic interior/exterior atmosphere for documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The flat-roofed masonry structure, bare trees, dark coats, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show winter or early-spring urban industrial surroundings in 1939 Cleveland.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, moving from an exterior building view to an interior hall where people gather naturally near a bright doorway.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long industrial-looking building, leafless trees, high interior columns, bright doorway, rows of windows, parked vehicles, and a small crowd.
Film character: The footage has heavy 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld movement that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, transition from exterior to interior, or social-context cutaway for urban 1930s public life.
Historical context: The frames show people assembled inside a large utilitarian hall, offering visual context for everyday gathering spaces without identifying the building or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Cleveland 8mm industrial building, Depression-era Ohio home movie, interior hall crowd, or black-and-white urban exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Cleveland or 1939 Ohio footage, then with industrial buildings, public halls, or crowd interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Cleveland home-movie frame showing a long utilitarian building partly obscured by bare trees. — Exterior view of a long building seen through leafless trees.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a large Cleveland building exterior with bare trees and open ground nearby. — Side view of the large exterior structure with winter-bare branches.

1939 Cleveland interior frame showing people gathered in a large dim hall with vehicles and bright exterior light beyond the doorway. — People gather inside a large hall near a bright doorway.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a Cleveland hall interior where a small crowd stands near the light from an open doorway. — Interior crowd scene framed by columns and bright doorway light.

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