New York USA-1939: 1930s Garden Party Formal Smiling Women Black And White

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

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1930s Garden Party Formal Smiling Women Black And White — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a formal garden party in New York, featuring well-dressed men in suits and fedoras alongside women in elegant dresses and hats. The black-and-white footage shows guests smiling and conversing in a leafy outdoor setting, with natural light filtering through trees. The grainy texture and slight camera shake are characteristic of Super 8 film, offering authentic archival footage of 1930s social gatherings. The scene exudes a nostalgic, classic charm, perfect for historical documentaries, period pieces, or editorial content exploring mid-20th century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 124762590

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 social-life requests needing brief black-and-white home-movie footage of adults at a formal outdoor gathering.
Period detail: The suits, fedoras, dresses, and brimmed hats may show late-1930s formal daywear consistent with the 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged smiles and small social pauses as guests notice and respond to the home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men, women in dresses and hats, leafy shrubs, trees, a walkway, and soft daylight.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has visible grain, gentle softness, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of personal film footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, social-history cutaway, or memory beat for prewar American leisure and family-gathering sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents adults in formal dress at an outdoor social occasion without identifying the specific event or participants.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so copyright review should be separated from likeness and privacy considerations for any commercial or prominent use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 New York garden party, 1930s formal gathering, black-and-white 8mm home movie, and adults in hats and suits.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel social scenes, then other 1939 New York material, then broader 1930s outdoor party or formal-dress footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame of formally dressed adults at an outdoor gathering, with a suited man in a fedora and a smiling woman. — Guests in suits and dresses face the camera during an outdoor gathering.

1939 New York black-and-white frame showing a suited man in a fedora near trees and a walkway at an outdoor social gathering. — A man in a fedora stands near a garden path as guests move behind him.

1939 New York home-movie frame of two women in dresses and hats standing with a suited man at a garden gathering. — Three guests pose casually in a leafy outdoor setting.

1939 New York black-and-white frame of formally dressed adults standing together outdoors, with trees and shrubbery behind them. — Formally dressed guests gather for the home-movie camera.

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