New York USA-1939: Woman in Hat Enjoying Fair with Rides and Games

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

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Woman in Hat Enjoying Fair with Rides and Games — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a woman in a stylish hat and glasses smiling at a bustling fair. The scene unfolds under a canopy with people enjoying rides, games, and food stalls, evoking a nostalgic 1930s Americana atmosphere. The grainy black-and-white footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a lively outdoor event with flags and carnival structures, offering authentic archival footage of a classic American fair.

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: 124762229

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 fair or amusement footage in documentaries, museum programs, education edits, and period commercial research needing real home-movie texture.
Period detail: The woman's hat, eyeglasses, patterned dress, striped canopy, small flags, and fairground structures support a late-1930s outdoor leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged visitor-shot value, with a smiling woman acknowledging the camera amid passing fairgoers and amusement-area activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a hat and glasses, striped canopy, fair visitors, flags, ride or game structures, food or concession area, and heavy 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate marks, and handheld framing give the clip a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, fairground cutaway, personal memory beat, or transition into 1930s leisure and public entertainment material.
Historical context: The footage shows a public fair or amusement setting where adults gather around concessions, rides, or games, reflecting everyday leisure rather than a staged event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, audible music, private property, or children are evident from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm fair footage, 1930s amusement park home movie, woman in hat at fair, and vintage outdoor carnival crowd.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1939 New York clips, then broader 1930s fair, amusement, rides, games, and food-stall footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing blurred fairground structures, small flags, and heavy 8mm gate edges. — Fairground structures and flags appear through a soft, dark-edged 8mm frame.

1939 New York fair footage with a blurred amusement structure, small flags, and pronounced 8mm film edge marks. — A blurred amusement-area structure and flags sit beside the dark film edge.

1939 New York home-movie frame of a woman in a hat and glasses smiling near a fair canopy and crowd. — A smiling woman stands in front of a striped canopy and fairgoers.

1939 New York fair frame with a smiling woman in a hat facing the camera as visitors move under a canopy. — The woman faces the camera while fair visitors gather under the canopy.

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