New York USA-1939: Man Performs Handstand and Hand-Walks

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

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Man Performs Handstand and Hand-Walks — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A man in light-colored clothing performs a handstand in a suburban backyard, demonstrating impressive balance and strength. The black-and-white 8mm footage captures him transitioning from a handstand into a walking motion on his hands across the grass. The scene features a white picket fence, trees, and a house in the background, with natural sunlight casting distinct shadows. The grainy texture and slight motion blur are characteristic of vintage home movie film from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762421

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 athletic backyard activity, amateur physical skill, or playful domestic leisure footage for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The light clothing, white picket fence, garden planting, and black-and-white 8mm look may show late-1930s suburban domestic surroundings consistent with the supplied 1939 New York metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-feeling home-movie moment as a man turns a handstand into hand-walking for the camera in a residential yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man inverted on the grass, light clothing, trees, shrubs, a white picket fence, a neighboring house, strong sunlight, and one interior room view.
Film character: The footage has coarse 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight motion blur, and dark frame edges that give it recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for family leisure, athletic play, summer yard activity, or prewar everyday life.
Historical context: The scene offers a small domestic view of recreational performance in a New York residential setting without supporting any broader claim about the people or neighborhood.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property considerations should be checked separately before final use.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1939 New York home movie, 8mm backyard handstand, man walking on hands, vintage family yard activity, and prewar amateur athletics.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 New York domestic footage, and then with related themes of backyard play, home exercise, or amateur performance.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a man holds a handstand in a sunny residential backyard near shrubs and a white fence. — A man begins a handstand on the lawn beside a picket fence.

The home-movie frame shows the man upside down in light trousers, with garden foliage and a picket fence behind him. — The handstand continues as the man steadies himself upside down.

A closer 8mm view shows the man inverted during the handstand, with the backyard fence and leafy plants in the background. — The performer’s legs and torso fill the frame during the handstand.

The final frame shifts to an interior room where seated figures appear near desks, windows, and wall hangings in black-and-white 8mm footage. — A brief interior view appears at the end of the clip.

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