New York USA-1939: Women Typing At Desks While Boss Supervises

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

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Women Typing At Desks While Boss Supervises — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: Women in period attire work at vintage typewriters in a bustling office, their hands moving swiftly over the keys. A man in a suit, likely a supervisor, stands nearby, observing their work. The scene, captured on 8mm film, shows a classic mid-century office environment with large windows, filing cabinets, and a grid-like partition in the foreground. The grainy black-and-white footage evokes a strong sense of historical authenticity and mid-20th century workplace 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: 124762795

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: Useful for productions needing 1930s New York office work, clerical labor, or women typing in a period business interior.
Period detail: Visible clues include manual typewriters, paper trays, filing cabinets, large sash windows, suits, and women's period work attire consistent with late-1930s office life.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes workers at desks from a candid interior angle, giving the scene an unstaged office routine rather than a formal corporate portrait.
What appears in frame: The clip shows women at typewriters, a suited man standing nearby, desk papers, filing cabinets, large windows, and a partition or rail crossing the foreground.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing give the office scene a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, workplace cutaway, or transition beat for clerical labor, office administration, or prewar urban business routines.
Historical context: The footage visually documents gendered office labor and supervisory presence in a New York business interior, without identifying the company or workers shown.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Searches such as 1930s New York office, women typing, vintage typewriter work, boss supervising clerks, and 8mm office footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel office material, then other 1939 New York interiors, then broader footage of clerical work, typewriters, and workplace supervision.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York office scene with women using manual typewriters while a suited man works near filing cabinets and windows. — Women type at desks in a busy office interior as a man works in the background.

Women in a New York office type at desks as a suited man leans over work near cabinets and tall windows. — Office workers type while a suited man leans over paperwork in the background.

In the 1939 New York office footage, a man stands near women working at desks with typewriters and filing cabinets nearby. — A suited man stands near women working at desks in the office.

A man in a suit stands beside women working at typewriters in a New York office, with windows and cabinets behind them. — A suited man stands beside the clerical desks as women continue typing.

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