New York USA-1939: Group Of Three Young Women Stand Together In A Building

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

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Group Of Three Young Women Stand Together In A Building — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures three young women in period attire standing together by a large window in a high-rise building. Their 1930s hairstyles and dresses reflect the era's fashion, and they share a moment of laughter and conversation, their expressions shifting from smiles to quiet observation. The grainy black-and-white footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a cityscape visible through the window, with a prominent building sign in the distance. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and everyday life in 1930s New York, capturing a candid moment of female friendship and social interaction.

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: 124762508

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 1930s New York home-movie requests needing a brief social interior scene with young women in period dress.
Period detail: The women’s waved hairstyles, dark dresses, collars, and windowed high-rise setting support a late-1930s urban domestic or office-like interior reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as three young women gather close to the camera, smiling, talking, and shifting their attention.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three young women, large windows, a city view beyond the glass, interior trim, dark dresses, and strong window backlight.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows pronounced grain, soft focus, high-contrast window exposure, and slight handheld framing typical of amateur home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or social-life insert within a 1930s New York sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers everyday visual context for young women socializing indoors in an urban setting, without identifying the building or occasion.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 New York home movie women by window, 1930s young women socializing indoors, and 8mm urban interior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1939 interiors, then broader 1930s women socializing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing a dim high-rise interior, large window, city view, and a partly visible woman at left. — A woman stands partly in shadow near a large window overlooking the city.

Three young women in 1930s attire stand close together by a bright window in a New York interior. — Three young women gather beside a window, smiling and facing the camera.

Three young women in 1930s dress stand shoulder to shoulder in a windowed New York interior. — The group stands close together as one woman turns toward the others.

Three young women stand in a row beside a bright window in 1939 New York home-movie footage. — The women remain grouped by the window as their expressions shift between smiles and quiet observation.

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