Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Men in Suits and Fedora Hats Outside Building

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

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Men in Suits and Fedora Hats Outside Building — Clip Details

CLEVELAND OHIO USA-1939: Men in vintage suits and fedoras stand outside a stone building, engaged in conversation. The 8mm film captures a candid moment of mid-century urban life, with men in overcoats and ties reflecting the era's formal dress. The footage shows natural movement and interaction, with a slightly grainy, authentic home movie quality. The scene evokes a sense of historical nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, period pieces, or historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124600186

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for late-1930s urban street life in Cleveland, useful for documentary cutaways, period setting, and social history edits.
Period detail: Men in suits, ties, overcoats, and fedora-style hats may show formal everyday dress associated with the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged value as several adult men stand and move casually outside a stone building while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men, brimmed hats, overcoats, ties, a stone facade, barred lower windows, wall fixtures, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability characteristic of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for urban public life, menswear, or prewar American street atmosphere.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests a formal street encounter among adult men outside an institutional or commercial-looking stone building, without identifying the site.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from personality or property considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Cleveland street scene, 1930s men in suits, 8mm home movie urban life, and fedora hats outside building.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1939 material, then broader 1930s urban street and menswear footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cleveland archival home-movie footage from 1939, adult men in suits, overcoats, and hats stand near a stone facade. — Adult men in formal dress gather outside a stone building.

Adult men in suits and brimmed hats appear outside a Cleveland stone building, with one man passing close to the camera. — Men in suits and hats stand and move near the building exterior.

The 1939 Cleveland street scene shows adult men in formal clothing gathered by a stone facade with barred lower windows. — A small group of formally dressed men gathers beside barred windows.

A suited man seen from behind faces other adult men near the stone building exterior in Cleveland home-movie footage. — One man stands foregrounded from behind as others face the camera area.

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