New York USA-1939: Men In Suits Standing In High-Rise Office Overlooking Foggy City With Cathedral Spire

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Men In Suits Standing In High-Rise Office Overlooking... — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A man in a suit stands in a high-rise office, silhouetted against large windows overlooking a foggy cityscape with a prominent cathedral spire. Other figures sit at desks, their forms dark and indistinct, suggesting a tense or contemplative business meeting. The footage, shot on 8mm film, exhibits grain and soft focus, capturing the atmosphere of a 1939 office environment. The final frames reveal a view from the window, showing the city's rooftops and architecture under a gray sky, with the film's edge visible, emphasizing its vintage nature.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762830

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York office, business, urban skyline, or institutional interior sequences needing brief archival 8mm atmosphere.
Period detail: The suits, desks, high-rise windows, and hazy masonry tower may show a late-1930s urban office setting consistent with the 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes silhouetted adults in a room and then looks outward, giving the clip an unstaged visitor or participant viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited figures, seated people, large windows, desk silhouettes, a dark cabinet shape, rooftops, haze, and a tower or spire.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, dust marks, frame edge, and high-contrast silhouettes give the 8mm scan a tactile home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, contemplative business cutaway, or transition from interior office activity to city view.
Historical context: The clip suggests office life and elevated urban perspective, with people framed mainly as silhouettes against a dense city skyline.
Research note: People are visible but not readily identifiable; review likeness, interior-location context, and copyright separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York office footage, 1930s business meeting interiors, high-rise window city view, and 8mm urban skyline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel shots, then other 1939 New York material, then broader 1930s office, skyline, or urban architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York office interior with silhouetted adults near large windows and a suited man standing beside seated figures. — Suited figures gather in silhouette inside a high-rise office.

Backlit 1939 New York office scene with a suited man standing and seated adults silhouetted against tall windows. — A man in a suit stands near seated figures by the windows.

1939 New York view from a high window showing hazy rooftops and a prominent tower or spire beyond the glass. — The camera turns toward a hazy city view from the office window.

Hazy 1939 New York rooftop view through a window, with a tower or spire at right and visible dust on the 8mm frame. — Rooftops and a tower appear through the soft, marked film frame.

Visually Similar Clips