New York USA-1939: A Young Woman Walking Down a City Street Smiling

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

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A Young Woman Walking Down a City Street Smiling — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A young woman in a stylish 1930s dress and jacket walks down a bustling city street, smiling warmly at the camera. The black-and-white 8mm film captures vintage automobiles, period storefronts, and a sign for 'Macson's Perm Wave,' evoking a nostalgic slice of mid-century urban life. The grainy texture and soft focus of the Super 8 footage enhance its authentic, home-movie charm, offering a candid glimpse into a woman's day in 1939 New York.

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: 124762596

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 1930s New York street-life requests needing a brief home-movie shot of a woman walking past storefronts and parked cars.
Period detail: The clip shows 1930s dress, dark parked automobiles, sidewalk storefronts, and visible signage including a perm-wave shop sign.
Home-movie behavior: The woman walks toward the camera and smiles, giving the shot an informal, personal street-portrait quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling woman, city sidewalk, parked cars, storefront windows, pedestrians, streetlamp, awnings, and shop signs.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing give the scene a clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for urban life, shopping, fashion, or personal travel in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The footage offers a street-level view of women, pedestrians, automobiles, and small commercial storefronts in New York before World War II.
Research note: Faces and business signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, location, and any underlying rights should be reviewed separately from footage licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm street footage, young woman walking city sidewalk, 1930s storefronts, and vintage urban home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel street scenes, then other 1939 New York clips, then broader 1930s urban walking and shopping footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York, a woman walks toward the camera on a city sidewalk with parked cars, pedestrians, and storefront signs nearby. — A woman approaches the camera on a New York sidewalk lined with parked cars and shops.

A smiling woman in 1939 New York walks close to the camera, with parked cars, pedestrians, and sidewalk storefronts in the background. — The woman smiles near the camera as pedestrians continue along the storefront-lined sidewalk.

A handheld 1939 New York street view shows storefront windows, a doorway, building facade, and a blurred sign in soft black-and-white focus. — The camera shifts from the woman to nearby storefront windows and a doorway.

The final frame shows a blurred 1939 New York storefront facade with windows, signage, and handheld framing from the sidewalk. — A soft handheld view captures storefront windows and signage as the camera moves past.

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