Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Men in Coats and Hats with Classic Cars

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

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Men in Coats and Hats with Classic Cars — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Cleveland, Ohio, 1939, captures a scene of men in fedoras and overcoats gathered around a maroon classic car on a city street. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows a man in a light suit and fedora standing near a white car, with other vehicles and a stone building in the background. The handheld camera movement and film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, documenting a moment of everyday life and transportation from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124600222

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 documentary or educational requests needing 1930s Cleveland street life, men in formal outerwear, and period automobiles in real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The fedoras, long overcoats, suit jackets, and rounded late-1930s automobiles support the stated 1939 period setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged street moment as men wait, turn, and stand near parked cars while the handheld camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in hats and coats, a maroon car, a light-colored car, parked street traffic, bare trees, pavement, and a stone building facade.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for urban transportation, daily movement, or late-1930s street atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday city mobility and formal public dress, with automobiles and pedestrians sharing a street setting in Cleveland.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are clear, and copyright status is separate from appearance or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Cleveland 8mm street footage, men in fedoras, overcoats, classic cars, urban home movie, and late-1930s transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1939 material, then broader 1930s street, automobile, and pedestrian scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Cleveland, men in fedoras and long coats appear beside a maroon car with a stone building behind them. — Men in formal coats gather beside a maroon automobile on a city street.

Two men in formal coats and hats stand beside a maroon car in Cleveland, with a building facade in the background. — Men wait beside a maroon car, one seen from behind and another in profile.

A man in a light-colored suit and fedora stands near parked cars on a Cleveland street in the 1939 home-movie footage. — A suited man in a fedora stands in front of parked automobiles.

A man in a light coat and fedora turns near a light-colored parked car, with other automobiles and trees behind him in Cleveland. — The man turns in profile beside a light-colored car on the street.

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