New York USA-1939: People Walking To The Edge Of The Water

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

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People Walking To The Edge Of The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of people walking toward the edge of a body of water in New York. The footage, viewed through a window or doorway, shows individuals in period attire—men in suits and hats, women in long dresses—moving along a waterfront path. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic, historic atmosphere. The scene suggests a leisurely outing or a journey to a lakeside or riverside destination, with a distant shoreline and faint structures visible across the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762887

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York archival edits needing home-movie views of visitors or pedestrians moving toward a waterfront setting.
Period detail: Men in suits and brimmed hats, women in dresses and coats, and the black-and-white 8mm look support the stated 1939 period.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching people pass through a covered opening toward open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include walkers in period dress, a waterfront path, open water, distant shoreline, a covered passage, window framing, and birds in a field.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, high-contrast exposure, and dark frame edges give the 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, waterfront arrival insert, or memory beat between broader New York travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests leisure or excursion movement toward water, without enough evidence to identify a specific site or event.
Research note: People are visible and some faces may be identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 New York home movie waterfront pedestrians, 8mm people walking to water, and 1930s visitors by shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1939 waterfront material, then with broader 1930s leisure outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black-and-white 8mm frame shows many birds in a fenced field, with a low horizon and dark edge framing. — Birds gather near a fence in an open field.

A soft black-and-white view looks past dark interior framing toward open water, a shoreline, and a small structure at the right. — Open water and a distant shore appear beyond a dark framed opening.

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, several people in coats and hats walk through a covered waterfront passage toward bright open water. — Pedestrians move through a shaded passage toward the waterfront.

A woman in a rounded hat is seen from behind while other suited pedestrians continue toward the waterfront in black-and-white 8mm footage. — A woman follows other walkers toward the water's edge.

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