New York USA-1939: Man Walking Up Stairs To House With Classic Cars In Parking Lot

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

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Man Walking Up Stairs To House With Classic Cars In... — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a bustling parking lot filled with classic automobiles from the late 1930s. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a man in a dark coat and hat walking up the steps of a house, opening the door, and entering. The scene is shot from a high angle, offering a view of the crowded lot and the man's solitary journey to the front door. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life in New York during the 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124762958

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 home-movie requests needing everyday street, parked automobile, and residential arrival material for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The crowded lot of late-1930s automobiles, dark overcoat, hat, masonry facade, shutters, and stair railings support the stated 1939 setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the simple act of a man approaching a house door while the camera observes from an elevated nearby position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dense parking lot, period cars, a man in a dark coat and hat, exterior stairs, railings, shuttered windows, a doorway, and textured masonry.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld movement consistent with original small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief arrival insert, residential transition, period transportation cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader New York scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually places private arrival beside dense automobile parking, suggesting ordinary urban or suburban movement without identifying the property or people.
Research note: People and a residence are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed even where copyright status is handled separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York home movie, 1930s parked cars, man entering house, black-and-white 8mm residential exterior, and vintage automobile lot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with other New York 1939 material, then with 1930s car, house exterior, arrival, and everyday transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 New York home-movie frame looking down over a crowded lot of late-1930s automobiles. — A high-angle view shows many parked cars packed into a lot.

Black-and-white 1939 New York home-movie frame of a man in a dark coat and hat approaching a residential doorway. — A man stands by the exterior steps near shuttered windows and a doorway.

Black-and-white 1939 New York frame showing a man ascending steps toward a house entrance with shuttered windows. — The man continues up the steps along the front of the house.

Black-and-white 1939 New York home-movie frame of a man at a house doorway after climbing the exterior stairs. — The man reaches the doorway, partially obscured by shadow and film grain.

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