Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Man in Fedora Walking Past Cars

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

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Man in Fedora Walking Past Cars — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored coat and fedora walks through a 1939 Cleveland street, passing vintage parked automobiles. The 8mm home movie captures him from multiple angles, including a rear view, as he moves past classic cars. A red sedan appears in later frames, with passengers visible inside. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic color palette of early color 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American street scene.

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: 124600245

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 late-1930s Cleveland street life, pedestrians, and period automobiles in authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The fedora, light overcoat, rounded automobile bodies, and muted early color palette support the 1939 setting noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows an adult man at close range and then observes a passing red sedan, giving the clip an informal street-level home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light coat and fedora, parked vintage cars, leafless street trees, a red sedan, car passengers, sidewalks, and soft urban background buildings.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild motion blur, uneven exposure, and subdued color that contribute to its physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for urban American life, period transport, or personal travel in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The clip shows ordinary street movement and automobile presence in Cleveland without identifying a specific landmark, event, business, or named individual.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious brands or logos appear, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Cleveland 8mm home movie, 1930s American street scene, man in fedora walking past cars, and vintage automobiles on city street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel street scenes, then other Cleveland 1939 clips, then broader 1930s urban pedestrian and automobile footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Cleveland, a man in a light overcoat and fedora passes close to the camera with parked rounded-body cars behind him. — A fedora-wearing man walks past parked automobiles on a Cleveland street.

Rear view of the same man in a light coat and fedora near parked cars on a 1939 Cleveland street, with trees and buildings in the background. — The camera catches the man from behind as he faces the parked cars and street.

A red late-1930s sedan moves through the Cleveland street scene, with the driver visible through the side window. — A red sedan passes through the frame with a passenger compartment visible.

The red sedan continues past the camera in the 1939 Cleveland street footage, showing occupants through the side windows and parked cars behind. — The red sedan rolls by with occupants visible inside and more cars in the background.

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