New York USA-1939: Two Men Shake Hands as Woman Watches

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

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Two Men Shake Hands as Woman Watches — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: Two men in suits shake hands on a residential street, their formal attire reflecting the era's style. A woman in a white dress stands nearby, observing the interaction. The scene unfolds in front of a classic 1930s automobile, with a house and leafy trees in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the grainy texture and black-and-white aesthetic of a vintage home movie, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century American life and social interactions.

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: 124762343

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 brief social greeting, residential street life, or formal everyday dress for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The suits, ties, belted dress, parked rounded automobile, clapboard house, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s domestic street setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as people pause, watch, and shake hands near a parked car, suggesting a family or neighborhood social moment recorded casually.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men, a woman in a light dress, a parked 1930s car, house siding, windows, leafy trees, sidewalk, and porch details.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, social-history cutaway, greeting beat, or transition into 1930s American family and neighborhood material.
Historical context: The scene reflects formal public dress and residential social interaction, without enough visual evidence to identify the people, occasion, or exact street.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright and privacy questions should be checked separately from location or property assumptions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm home movie, men shaking hands, 1930s suits, woman in white dress, residential street, and vintage car footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York home movies, then related themes of greetings, street life, formal dress, and parked cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, two women stand by a residential building entrance, with one holding a rectangular case or parcel. — Two women pause near a building entrance, one carrying a case.

A young woman in a light belted dress stands on a residential street beside a parked rounded automobile in 1939 New York footage. — A woman in a light dress stands near a parked car on a leafy street.

Two suited men shake hands on a New York residential street in 1939, with a parked car and house visible behind them. — Two men in suits exchange a handshake beside a parked car.

Two suited men stand close together on a residential street, with a parked car and house behind them in 1939 New York home-movie footage. — The suited men remain facing each other after the greeting.

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