New York USA-1939: Black And White Video Of Women In The Local Neighborhood

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

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Black And White Video Of Women In The Local Neighborhood — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: Black and white 8mm home movie footage captures women in period attire walking through a residential neighborhood. A woman in a cloche hat and dress laughs with a man in a suit and fedora, while another woman in a light blouse and skirt walks near a vintage automobile. The scenes unfold on a tree-lined street with classic 1930s houses and a storefront sign for 'Macson's Perm Wave,' offering a candid glimpse of daily life and fashion from the era. The grainy, handheld quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic vintage charm.

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: 124762594

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: Yes
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 documentary or educational requests needing 1930s New York home-movie views of women, street life, and neighborhood dress in everyday settings.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1930s-style dresses, hats, a fedora, older automobiles, residential houses, and a storefront sign for a permanent-wave business.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves casual, unstaged moments as women smile, stand for the camera, and walk near cars, trees, and a sidewalk storefront.
What appears in frame: Frames show women in period clothing, a suited man in a fedora, tree-lined houses, a vintage car, sidewalks, shopfront windows, and a perm-wave sign.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for urban neighborhood life, women’s fashion, or prewar everyday routines.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary social presence in a New York neighborhood, with residential and small commercial surroundings visible but no identifiable event shown.
Research note: Faces and a business sign are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-identification review may be needed separate from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm home movies, women walking in a neighborhood, 1930s street fashion, vintage cars, and black-and-white local storefronts.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel household or street scenes, then with 1939 New York material, then with broader 1930s women, fashion, and neighborhood-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing women in dresses and hats with a suited man in a fedora outdoors near trees. — Women and a suited man pause together in a leafy neighborhood setting.

Black-and-white 1939 New York frame of a woman standing near a tree and vintage car outside a residential house. — A woman stands by the curb with a house, tree, and parked automobile behind her.

1939 New York home-movie frame showing a woman on a residential sidewalk beside a large tree and vintage car. — The camera holds on a woman at the curb in front of houses and a parked car.

Black-and-white 1939 New York frame of a woman walking past storefronts, parked cars, and a visible perm-wave sign. — A woman walks along a shopfront sidewalk with parked cars and signage nearby.

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