Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: A Man In A Brown Suit And Brown Hat Smiling And Tipping His Hat

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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 Brown Suit And Brown Hat Smiling And Tipping... — Clip Details

A man in a brown suit and fedora smiles warmly at the camera in this 1939 8mm home movie from Cleveland, Ohio. Dressed in a white shirt and patterned tie, he stands outside against a corrugated metal wall under bright sunshine. He tips his hat in a friendly gesture, his expression shifting from a gentle smile to a more animated wave. The footage captures authentic vintage charm with natural film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the late 1930s.

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: 124600620

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 edits needing a brief 1930s Cleveland home-movie portrait of an adult man acknowledging the camera outdoors.
Period detail: The fedora, overcoat, tie, color 8mm look, and 1939 metadata support a late-1930s personal-film setting, though the wall behind him is not identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the direct, unstaged exchange as the man smiles at the camera and tips his hat in a friendly gesture.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, brown fedora, brown overcoat, white shirt, patterned tie, corrugated metal wall, bright sunlight, and film-edge shadowing.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, exposure variation, gate edges, and small dust marks that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a warm character insert, greeting beat, personal-memory cutaway, or transition into family and street-life material.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social gesture from everyday 1939 Cleveland life, showing formal menswear and direct camera awareness without identifying the person.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to ordinary copyright and source-license checks.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 Cleveland home movie, man tipping hat, smiling man in fedora, 8mm color portrait, and Depression-era family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Cleveland exteriors, then broader themes of greetings, menswear, and home-movie portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Cleveland home-movie footage, an adult man in a brown hat and overcoat smiles toward the camera in bright sun. — The man faces the camera with a slight smile, wearing a fedora, overcoat, white shirt, and tie.

The man remains framed close to camera, smiling under the brim of his hat against a sunlit corrugated wall. — A close view catches the man smiling beneath the shadow of his fedora brim.

In the Cleveland 1939 home movie, the suited man smiles as the hat casts shade across his face near the wall. — The man’s smile is visible despite the shadow from his fedora and the soft 8mm exposure.

The 1939 Cleveland clip shows the man lifting or tipping his fedora in a friendly gesture toward the camera. — The man raises a hand to tip his hat, turning the brief portrait into a friendly greeting.

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