New York USA-1939: Elegant Crowd in Hats at Social Gathering

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

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Elegant Crowd in Hats at Social Gathering — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a lively outdoor gathering of elegantly dressed people in the late 1930s. Women wear stylish hats adorned with flowers and men sport fedoras and suits, reflecting the era's fashion. The scene shifts from a crowd near a building with a sign reading 'S BUILDING' to a close-up of a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat, then to a group standing before a brick building with stained glass windows. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel perfect for historical documentaries, period pieces, or vintage-themed content.

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: 124762321

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: This clip supports 1930s New York social-life requests needing brief home-movie footage of well-dressed adults in hats gathered outdoors near institutional-looking buildings.
Period detail: Late-1930s styling is suggested by brimmed women's hats, men's suits and boaters, soft formal dresses, and the metadata-supported 1939 New York setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera moves between candid crowd views and a posed smiling woman, preserving the informal attention and social ease of a home-movie gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hat-wearing adults, a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat, leafy trees, a partial building sign, brick walls, and tall stained-glass-style windows.
Film character: The 8mm image has monochrome contrast, soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, and contact-print edge shadows that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, social-history cutaway, fashion reference, or memory beat between broader 1930s New York sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a formal outdoor gathering where dress, hats, and group behavior suggest a public or community social occasion without confirming a specific event.
Research note: Faces are visible and may require likeness review, while any copyright clearance should be assessed separately from identifiable people or location concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 New York home movie, 1930s crowd in hats, elegant outdoor gathering, women in brimmed hats, and 8mm social footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York material, then related 1930s crowd, church, fashion, or social-gathering footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing adults in hats gathered near a building with a partial sign and ivy-covered wall. — Adults in period hats gather near a building entrance and partial sign.

1939 New York home-movie close-up of a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat, with trees and a path behind her. — A smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat faces the camera outdoors.

1939 New York home-movie close-up of a woman smiling beneath a wide-brimmed hat, framed by leafy branches. — The camera lingers on the woman's smile and period hat.

1939 New York home-movie frame of dressed adults in hats gathered outside a brick building with tall decorative windows. — A small group stands and talks outside a brick building with tall windows.

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