Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: An Office Environment With A Large Room And Lots Of Workers

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

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An Office Environment With A Large Room And Lots Of Workers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a bustling office environment in Cleveland, Ohio. Workers in period attire sit at desks under warm, flickering overhead lights, surrounded by large wooden furniture and early office equipment. The dimly lit, grainy footage shows people focused on their tasks, with a sense of quiet industry. The camera moves slowly through the space, revealing rows of desks and a large, open room filled with activity. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American office life.

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: 124600720

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1930s American office interiors and clerical workplace atmosphere in Cleveland, Ohio.
Period detail: The desks, heavy office furniture, hanging garments, dim overhead lights, and period work clothing may show late-1930s office routines.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera observes workers from inside the room, giving an informal home-movie view of people moving through a working office.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of desks, seated workers, standing figures, lamps or overhead lights, wall racks, chairs, papers, and office equipment.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, flicker, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, workplace insert, transition, or memory beat for prewar urban office life.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a large shared office where clerical or administrative work appears to be carried out in close quarters.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, property, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Cleveland office footage, 1930s American workplace, vintage clerical room, 8mm office workers, and home movie office interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1939 material, then broader 1930s office or workplace interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Cleveland office interior with rows of desks, warm lights, and workers seen across a large dim room. — A wide view of workers and desks inside a dimly lit office room.

Cleveland office scene from 1939 with workers at desks, hanging garments, and bright work lights in the background. — Workers sit at desks while a figure stands near the right edge of the office.

A man in a light shirt is seen from behind among desks and workers in the 1939 Cleveland office interior. — A figure crosses the foreground as the camera looks deeper into the office.

Final office view with a man in a light shirt standing among desks, workers, chairs, and dim interior lighting in Cleveland, 1939. — A man stands in the aisle while workers remain at desks in the background.

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