New York USA-1939: Lakeside People Walking Dressed Vintage Sailboats In Water

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

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Lakeside People Walking Dressed Vintage Sailboats In Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a lakeside scene in New York. A woman in a cloche hat and short-sleeved dress walks through a covered pier structure, followed by well-dressed men in suits and fedoras. Other figures in period attire stroll along the waterfront, with sailboats and small boats visible on the lake. The grainy black-and-white footage, with natural lighting and a slightly overexposed sky, evokes a nostalgic, archival feel of a leisurely day by 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: 124762891

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 requests needing lakeside leisure, waterfront arrivals, or period-dressed public recreation in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The cloche-style hat, fedoras, suits, sleeveless vest, long skirts, and covered pier setting may show late-1930s waterfront fashion and social dress.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as people walk through a shaded lakeside structure toward the water while the camera observes from behind.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a covered pier or shelter, adults in period clothing, hats, a lake, distant shoreline, small boats, sailboats, and simple dock structures.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft grain, slight gate shadow, high sky exposure, and handheld framing that supports its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, waterfront transition, or period lifestyle insert within a 1930s New York sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests a public leisure outing by a lake, with formal daywear and small boats indicating social recreation without identifying a specific venue.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York lake home movie, 1930s waterfront people walking, vintage dressed boat scene, and black-and-white 8mm leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel waterfront material, then other 1939 New York lake scenes, then broader 1930s leisure, boating, and public promenade footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in period dress walking beneath a shaded lakeside shelter toward suited figures by the water. — A woman in a hat moves through a covered waterfront passage as other adults stand or sit near the lake.

1939 New York lakeside scene with a woman and a man in a vest walking under a shelter while other visitors gather near the water. — Well-dressed adults walk toward the waterfront under a shaded structure, with other figures by the lake.

1939 New York waterfront frame showing several adults in dresses, hats, and formal clothing walking toward the bright lakeside opening. — A small group in period clothing passes through the covered walkway toward the lake.

1939 New York home-movie view across a lake with small boats, a sailboat, dock platforms, and a wooded distant shoreline. — Small boats and a sailboat sit on the lake beyond simple dock structures and a distant shoreline.

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