New York USA-1939: Close Up Shot Of A Woman Smiling And Talking Cuts To Shot Of

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 New York

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Close Up Shot Of A Woman Smiling And Talking Cuts To Shot Of — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a woman in a stylish hat and pearl collar smiling and speaking outdoors in front of a brick building. Her hair is styled in curls, and she wears a dark dress. The scene cuts to a bustling train station where a steam locomotive stands on the tracks, surrounded by people in period attire. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film grain and a nostalgic, candid quality, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124762167

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 1676 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jane
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: new york,washington
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: New York, 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 1930s New York home-movie requests needing a close portrait of a woman and a brief steam-locomotive station cutaway for editorial or documentary context.
Period detail: The woman's hat, curled hair, pearl-trimmed collar, dark dress, and the steam locomotive may show late-1930s dress and rail travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The close framing and direct smiles suggest an informal home-movie portrait before the camera cuts to a visitor's view of people around a locomotive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling woman in a hat, brick building windows, shrubs, a pearl-trimmed collar, steam locomotive, station platform, and people in period clothing.
Film character: The clip has a black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, high outdoor contrast, slight gate edges, and handheld home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short character insert, personal-memory beat, or transition from an intimate portrait to public rail-travel activity.
Historical context: The footage places an individual outdoor portrait alongside a public train scene, offering a small social glimpse of dress, leisure filming, and rail equipment.
Research note: Faces are visible and may require likeness review; copyright status, location identification, and any property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1939 New York home movie woman smiling, 8mm woman in hat, vintage steam locomotive platform, or 1930s rail travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1939 material, then with 1930s portraits, rail travel, and steam-locomotive scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a woman in a decorative hat and dark dress smiles near a brick building and shrubs. — A close portrait of a smiling woman in a hat outside a brick building.

The woman turns in profile as if talking during the outdoor portrait.

A close 1939 New York frame shows the woman smiling broadly, with her hat, curled hair, and pearl-trimmed collar visible. — The close-up holds on the smiling woman in period dress.

A steam locomotive stands at a New York rail platform in the 1939 home movie, with people gathered near the engine and steps. — People stand near a steam locomotive at a station platform.

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