New York USA-1939: Mounted Guard Stands In Formation As A Photographer

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

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Mounted Guard Stands In Formation As A Photographer — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A mounted police guard stands in formation on a city street, their horses and riders in uniform creating a disciplined line. The black-and-white 8mm footage captures the scene with grainy texture and soft focus, typical of home movies from the era. Officers wear caps and formal uniforms, their horses equipped with bridles and saddles. The camera pans slightly, revealing a building facade with a sign for the Hotel Fort des Murs. The atmosphere is formal and historical, documenting a moment of civic order in 1930s 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: 124762763

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: Supports requests for 1930s New York civic street footage, mounted police formation, or formal public-order cutaways for documentary and museum edits.
Period detail: The uniforms, mounted horses, streetlamp, masonry facade, and hotel sign may show late-1930s urban civic presentation in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, observing the mounted formation and a photographer from street level rather than staging the action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted uniformed riders, lined horses, city building facades, streetlamps, onlookers, a photographer, and a hotel sign.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with period home-movie capture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway to establish formal civic presence on a 1930s New York street.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a public street moment where mounted uniformed officers hold formation while people nearby watch or photograph them.
Research note: People, uniformed officers, horses, and a visible hotel sign require review for likeness, trademark, and property context; copyright status is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 New York mounted police, 1930s city street uniforms, black-and-white 8mm civic footage, and horses in formation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel New York scenes, then other 1939 New York street footage, then broader mounted police or civic ceremony material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York street view of mounted uniformed officers in formation with horses near a masonry building facade. — Mounted officers and horses stand in a formal line along the street.

Mounted uniformed riders and horses hold position on a New York street, with a streetlamp and building facade behind them. — The mounted formation remains lined up beside the urban facade.

1939 New York street footage shows mounted uniformed officers on horses with onlookers at the frame edge. — Horses and riders shift in the formation as nearby people watch.

New York street view with a photographer near a building facade and a visible hotel sign, captured in black-and-white 8mm footage. — A photographer and hotel sign appear as the camera pans along the street facade.

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