New York USA-1939: Women Typing At Office Desks With One Scratching Her Nose

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

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Women Typing At Office Desks With One Scratching Her Nose — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a bustling office scene from the late 1930s. Women in period attire work at typewriters, their hands moving over the keys under the soft light of large windows. One woman pauses, bringing her hand to her nose in a natural, candid gesture. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film scratches and soft focus, evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering a glimpse into mid-century office life.

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: 124762787

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: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing late-1930s New York office labor, women clerical workers, or everyday workplace activity from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The typewriters, collared short-sleeve dresses, pinned hairstyles, and window-lit office desks support a late-1930s clerical workplace reading.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid, unstaged behavior as women type, look down at papers, and one worker briefly touches or scratches her nose while continuing office work.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women at desks, manual typewriters, papers, large windows, short-sleeve dresses, pinned hair, and a bright interior office setting.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure near the windows, and slight handheld framing that reads as home-movie observation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, workplace insert, transition into clerical labor, or memory beat about women’s everyday office work.
Historical context: The scene shows women performing office typing and paperwork in a private interior, offering visual context for clerical work and gendered office roles of the period.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright or source-license assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s New York office typing, women clerical workers, vintage workplace footage, manual typewriter desks, and 8mm home movie office interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then New York 1939 material, then broader 1930s office, women at work, and typewriter footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a New York office setting from 1939, two women sit at desks with manual typewriters and papers near tall windows. — Women work at typewriters in a bright office interior.

A woman in a 1939 New York office touches or scratches her nose beside a typewriter while another worker looks down at papers. — A candid office moment as one woman pauses beside her typewriter.

Women continue office typing and paperwork in the 1939 New York interior, with foreground figures partly blocking the view. — Foreground movement partially frames women working at typewriters.

Several women are visible in a 1939 New York office, seated at desks with manual typewriters, papers, and tall windows behind them. — A wider office view shows multiple women at desks and typewriters.

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