Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: A Man In A Suit Walks And Waves At The Camera

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

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A Man In A Suit Walks And Waves At The Camera — Clip Details

A man in a brown suit and fedora walks outside a wooden building in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1939. He smiles and waves at the camera before continuing his walk. The 8mm home movie footage shows snow on the ground and a vintage, grainy quality with natural color fading. The man wears a white shirt and tie, and the scene captures a candid moment of everyday life during the late 1930s. The footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124600611

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: 1939 Cleveland home-movie footage supports requests for late-1930s everyday street life, a suited pedestrian, or a friendly wave for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The fedora, suit, tie, gloves, wooden exterior, snow on the ground, and soft color 8mm look may show late-1930s winter clothing and casual outdoor life.
Home-movie behavior: A man acknowledges the camera with a smile and wave, giving the clip an unstaged personal greeting from a home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a brown suit and fedora, gloves, snow patches, a wooden building wall, windows, a tree trunk, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, color fading, gate edges, and slight handheld movement that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for a 1930s personal-life sequence or an establishing detail of winter street activity.
Historical context: The scene presents an ordinary adult man outdoors in Cleveland, with dress and setting suggesting a candid moment rather than a staged public event.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Cleveland 8mm home movie, man in suit waving, late 1930s winter street life, and fedora pedestrian footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1939 exteriors, then broader late-1930s home-movie scenes of adults outdoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Cleveland, a suited man in a fedora stands outside a wooden building beside patches of snow. — A man in a brown suit and fedora stands outdoors near a wooden building and snow.

In the Cleveland home-movie frame, the man in a suit passes near a tree trunk and building windows. — The man moves past the building, partly hidden by a tree trunk in the foreground.

The man smiles while walking past the building exterior.

The suited man raises a hand in a friendly wave while walking by building windows in Cleveland, 1939. — The man waves toward the camera as he continues walking outdoors.

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