New York USA-1939: Man Speaking And A Lady By A Window

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

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Man Speaking And A Lady By A Window — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A man in round glasses and a collared shirt speaks in profile, his expression animated, captured in grainy black and white 8mm film. The scene shifts to a woman in a dark dress standing by a large window, her back to the camera, then turning to face it with a slight smile. The footage shows classic home movie characteristics with film grain, soft focus, and natural lighting from the window, evoking a nostalgic, intimate moment from the late 1930s.

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: 124762714

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: 1930s New York home-movie material for productions needing intimate domestic or social cutaways of adults indoors.
Period detail: The clothing, round eyeglasses, monochrome 8mm look, and window-lit interior support the supplied late-1930s dating without identifying a specific building.
Home-movie behavior: The man speaks animatedly near the camera while the woman turns from the window and acknowledges the filmer, giving the clip informal home-movie value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man in round glasses, a woman in a dark dress, a large window, curtains, soft daylight, interior walls, and heavy film grain.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, variable exposure, and slight frame instability consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, domestic insert, character cutaway, or transition between New York family-life scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social interior moment from the supplied 1939 New York context, focused on adult presence rather than public events.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, privacy, and property context should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 New York home movie, black-and-white 8mm man speaking, woman by window, and late-1930s domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1939 New York material, then with other home-movie scenes of adults indoors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older man in glasses speaking beside a window-lit interior.

Profile view of the man continuing to speak or smile.

A woman in a dark dress stands with her back to the camera by a large bright window in the supplied New York home-movie setting. — Woman standing at a large window with daylight behind her.

A woman in a dark dress turns toward the camera near a large window, her face visible in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage. — Woman turning from the window toward the camera.

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