New York USA-1939: Crowds Gather at County Fair

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

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Crowds Gather at County Fair — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a lively county fair in New York. Black-and-white footage shows a bustling outdoor scene with crowds of people in period attire—women in patterned dresses and hats, men in suits and caps. A woman in a dark hat and glasses smiles at the camera, while another woman with styled curls looks on. The setting features a covered vendor stall with a numbered sign, surrounded by fairgoers under a large tent. The grainy, authentic quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a nostalgic, historical atmosphere.

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: 124762233

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1930s New York fairground crowd footage with close views of women in period dress.
Period detail: The hats, patterned dresses, curled hairstyles, eyeglasses, and outdoor vendor awning may show late-1930s fairgoing style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in informal close-range attention to fair visitors as they look, smile, turn away, and move naturally near a stall.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women in dresses, hats and glasses, a covered stall, crowd movement, a numbered sign, tenting, and fairground railings.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief human cutaway, fairground transition, social-history insert, or memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows public leisure at a crowded outdoor fair, with women and other visitors gathered around a covered stand.
Research note: Faces are clearly visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; metadata does not indicate logos, music, or private property issues.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1939 New York county fair home movie, black-and-white 8mm fair crowd, women at 1930s outdoor fair, and vintage fairground visitors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1939 material, then broader county fair and 1930s crowd scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two women in period dress stand near a covered fair stall in 1939 New York home-movie footage, with other fairgoers behind them. — Women pause near a fairground stall as visitors move in the background.

A woman with curled hair and a wide white collar looks toward the camera near a crowded 1939 New York fair stall. — A fair visitor faces the camera beside a covered stall and passing crowd.

Two women in patterned dresses stand in the foreground of black-and-white 8mm footage, with fair visitors and a covered stall behind them. — Foreground visitors pass close to the camera at the fairground stall.

A woman wearing a dark hat and eyeglasses smiles near the camera, with a covered fair stall and visitors visible behind her. — A smiling woman in hat and glasses stands close to the camera at the fair.

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