New York USA-1939: Car Pulling Out Of Parking Spot In A Yard Of Vehicles

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

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Car Pulling Out Of Parking Spot In A Yard Of Vehicles — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a high-angle view of a crowded parking yard filled with classic American automobiles. Rows of gleaming 1930s sedans and coupes are tightly packed, showcasing the era's automotive design. A single car begins to pull out of its spot, its movement creating a moment of action within the stillness. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film grain and dark vignette, evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity. The scene, likely set in New York, offers a rare glimpse into mid-century urban life and transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762623

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 urban transportation edits needing a brief high-angle view of a crowded automobile yard in New York home-movie footage.
Period detail: The rounded sedans and coupes, black-and-white 8mm texture, and dense vehicle rows support a late-1930s automotive setting.
Home-movie behavior: The high, observational camera position gives the scene an unstaged home-movie quality as one car moves among parked vehicles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of parked cars, a car pulling out, a small standing figure, building walls, dark frame edges, and a later dim architectural view.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and dark vignetted borders that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, transition, or memory beat for city parking, prewar automobiles, or everyday New York mobility.
Historical context: The footage shows automobile density and parking-yard organization as seen from an elevated amateur viewpoint, without identifying a specific site.
Research note: People appear small and not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, location, and any property concerns should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm parking lot footage, 1930s cars, crowded automobile yard, and vintage urban transportation cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel New York scenes, then other 1939 New York material, then broader 1930s automobile and parking footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1939 New York home-movie frame showing rows of parked cars and a small figure near the vehicles. — Crowded automobile yard seen from above, with rows of parked cars.

High-angle 1939 New York frame of a light car pulling away amid tightly parked 1930s automobiles. — A car begins to pull out from the crowded parking yard.

Dark 8mm frame showing an indistinct architectural surface or rooftop detail, likely from the same home-movie sequence. — Dim architectural detail appears after the parking-yard view.

Soft black-and-white 8mm frame with a dark architectural form and heavy grain, location not visually identifiable. — Shadowed architectural form in a grainy home-movie frame.

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