New York USA-1939: Young Man Chuckles and Does a Handstand in Backyard

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

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Young Man Chuckles and Does a Handstand in Backyard — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A young man in a white shirt and glasses laughs heartily in a suburban backyard, his joyful expression captured in grainy black-and-white 8mm film. He then performs a handstand on the grass, showcasing his athletic build against a backdrop of a white picket fence and leafy trees. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, exudes a nostalgic, candid charm from the late 1930s, with natural lighting and authentic home movie imperfections.

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: 124762408

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief backyard portrait, playful athletic gesture, or candid young adult moment.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, clothing, glasses, picket fence, and suburban yard may show late-1930s domestic leisure in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The subject laughs directly near the camera and then performs a handstand, giving the clip an unstaged family-film sense of play.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling young man with glasses, white shirt, backyard grass, picket fence, leafy trees, and a handstand sequence.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft contrast, edge vignetting, and slight handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a light memory beat, character insert, transition, or cutaway for youth, family life, or backyard recreation.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for informal outdoor leisure and camera-aware performance in a residential setting before World War II.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or music are apparent from metadata.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 New York home movie, young man laughing, backyard handstand, 1930s 8mm family footage, and suburban leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York home movies, then broader clips of backyard play or candid portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young man in glasses laughs in a New York backyard in 1939 black-and-white 8mm home-movie footage. — A young man smiles broadly toward the camera in a residential yard.

Young man starts a handstand in a New York backyard, with grass, trees, and a picket fence behind him. — The man lifts into a handstand on the lawn near a white fence.

Young man holds a handstand on the grass in 1939 New York home-movie footage, framed by a fence and trees. — The handstand continues on the backyard lawn with the fence in the background.

Young man lowers from a backyard handstand in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage from New York in 1939. — The man comes out of the handstand as the camera holds on the yard.

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