New York USA-1939: Man And Woman Walk Up The Steps And Stand Next To The Man

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

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Man And Woman Walk Up The Steps And Stand Next To The Man — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a candid moment outside a house in New York. A man in a suit and bowler hat stands with a woman in a coat and hat on the porch steps, conversing with another man in a white shirt who is seated. The trio shares a lighthearted interaction, with the seated man laughing as the couple walks past. The scene is shot in black and white with characteristic film grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

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: 124762863

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: 1930s New York home-movie footage useful for documentary or period inserts about informal visits, domestic social life, and everyday clothing outside a house.
Period detail: The coats, brimmed hats, suit, porch trellis, clapboard siding, and black-and-white 8mm look may show late-1930s American domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged porch encounter as a seated man laughs and interacts with a well-dressed man and woman approaching the steps.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a house porch, steps, trellis, clapboard siding, window, seated man, suited man in a hat, and woman in a coat.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie framing typical of scanned 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for everyday social visits and domestic life in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal adult social interaction at a residential exterior in New York, without identifying the people or house.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and possible property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 New York 8mm home movie porch visit, 1930s couple on steps, and vintage domestic social scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York exteriors, then broader home-movie scenes of visits and porch gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a suited man and a woman in a coat stand near porch steps as a man sits outside the house. — A man and woman approach a seated man on the porch.

A man in a suit and hat moves across the frame while a seated man smiles on the porch of a New York house. — The suited man walks by as the seated man reacts with a smile.

The woman in a coat and the suited man stand near the steps, facing a seated man outside a New York house. — The standing pair gathers beside the seated man on the porch.

A seated man in a light shirt smiles and gestures while a suited man stands nearby on the porch of a New York house. — The seated man smiles during a porch-side exchange.

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