New York USA-1939: Two Men and Three Women Working in Office Reading Papers

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

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Two Men and Three Women Working in Office Reading Papers — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage captures a bustling office environment during the late 1930s. A man in a suit stands while reviewing documents, surrounded by female clerks in period attire working at desks with typewriters and filing cabinets. The scene is illuminated by natural light from large windows, revealing a cityscape outside. The grainy, high-contrast film quality and period-specific clothing and technology evoke a strong sense of historical authenticity, offering a glimpse into mid-century American business 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: 124762801

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: 1939 New York office footage suited to documentary or education requests for late-1930s business interiors and clerical work.
Period detail: Visible clues include suits, dresses, paper files, typewriters, card-index cabinets, tall windows, and a numbered interior sign that may show a late-1930s office setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal home-movie feel, observing workers at desks and a suited man handling papers without staged camera address.
What appears in frame: The frames show office desks, seated women, a standing man, paper stacks, typewriters, filing drawers, tall windows, and a city building outside.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows high contrast, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing consistent with original small-gauge film.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief insert, workplace cutaway, or transition beat for office labor, paperwork, business, or urban daily life sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests a paper-based office where women and men share clerical and supervisory space, without identifying the employer or activity.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property permissions should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 New York office, 8mm office workers, women clerks at desks, typewriters and filing cabinets, and vintage business interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York interiors, then broader office work and paperwork themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York office scene with a suited man standing by desks as women work with papers, typewriters, and filing cabinets. — A suited man stands among clerks working at desks in a paper-filled office.

1939 New York office interior with a suited man facing forward and women working at desks near card-index cabinets. — The man turns toward the camera as clerks continue working at desks.

1939 New York office view showing women seated by large windows, with papers and equipment spread across desks. — Two women sit at desks in front of bright office windows overlooking nearby buildings.

1939 New York office interior with women seated near tall windows, papers on desks, and buildings visible outside. — Women remain seated by the windows as office papers cover the desks in the foreground.

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