New York USA-1939: Man Yelling At Woman At Office Desk

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

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Man Yelling At Woman At Office Desk — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A man in a dark suit leans over a woman in a light blouse at a desk in an office, appearing to yell or speak intensely. The woman, seated and holding papers, looks up at him with a concerned expression. The scene, shot on 8mm film, captures a tense moment of workplace interaction in the 1930s. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a window in the background and a filing cabinet, with the man's posture conveying authority. The clip transitions to a shot of three men in suits standing and conversing, suggesting a broader office environment. The film's vintage quality, with visible grain and soft focus, evokes a sense of historical authenticity and archival significance.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124762700

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: Supports 1930s office, workplace hierarchy, or interpersonal tension requests for documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The office furniture, paper documents, filing drawers, and formal dress may show late-1930s clerical or business workplace details.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an informal, possibly staged or candid office interaction with expressive body language rather than a polished studio scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman with papers, a standing man in a dark suit, a desk, a window, filing drawers, and office objects.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability consistent with scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, workplace tension beat, authority figure cutaway, or transition into broader office material.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for gendered office roles and formal workplace interaction without proving the exact relationship between the people.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 New York office footage, 1930s workplace argument, man at woman desk, or black-and-white 8mm office scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1939 office material, then broader 1930s workplace or business interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1939 New York office scene, a suited man leans over a seated woman holding papers at a desk near a window. — A suited man leans toward a woman seated at a desk with papers.

The man bends over the desk as the woman looks up from papers in the 1939 New York office interior. — The woman looks up while the man bends close over the desk.

A woman seated at an office desk reacts toward the camera or man as he leans in beside her in the New York office scene. — The seated woman reacts as the man leans close beside the desk.

At the end of the clip, the suited man remains bent over the desk as the seated woman holds papers near office drawers. — The suited man remains over the desk while the woman holds papers.

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