New York USA-1939: A Woman Making A Transatlantic Call To Family Or Friends

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

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A Woman Making A Transatlantic Call To Family Or Friends — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A woman in a patterned dress and styled hair uses a vintage rotary telephone in a dimly lit office, her expression focused as she holds the receiver to her ear. The black-and-white 8mm film captures the grainy texture and subtle flicker of a home movie, with soft light filtering through a nearby window. She briefly smiles at the camera, revealing a moment of warmth amidst the formal setting. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century domestic communication and archival nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & 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: 124762722

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 footage suited to documentary inserts about long-distance telephone communication, family contact, office interiors, or everyday urban life before mid-century.
Period detail: The rotary desk telephone, handset cord, styled hair, patterned dress, and paneled interior may show late-1930s communication technology and office or private interior furnishings.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears aware of the camera while using the telephone, shifting from a focused call posture to a brief smile that gives the scene an informal home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman with styled hair, a candlestick-style telephone, a receiver cord, window light, paneled walls, office furniture, and another woman seen in profile.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, slight flicker, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of original small-gauge film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a communication insert, a transition into news from overseas, a cutaway for telephone service, or a personal memory beat within 1930s family footage.
Historical context: The clip visually connects a private or office interior with telephone use and a direct look to camera, suggesting everyday social communication without proving the call's recipient or purpose.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to separate copyright assessment for the scanned film source.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 New York woman on telephone, 1930s home movie office phone, black-and-white 8mm rotary telephone, and transatlantic call reenactment or family call footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 New York interiors, and then with related telephone, family communication, or women-at-work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York footage, a woman in a patterned dress holds a vintage telephone receiver while standing or sitting in a dim office-like interior. — Woman holds a telephone receiver beside window light in a dark interior.

The woman appears to listen during a telephone call, holding the receiver and cord in a softly lit 1939 New York interior. — Woman listens on a vintage telephone, framed by dark walls and a bright window.

Side-profile view of a woman in a dark top with a light collar.

A smiling woman looks toward the camera in the 1939 New York home-movie footage, with paneled walls, furniture, and a doorway behind her. — Smiling woman turns toward the camera inside a paneled room.

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