New York USA-1939: Well-Dressed Women In Period Attire With Classic Car

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

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Well-Dressed Women In Period Attire With Classic Car — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures two well-dressed women in period attire, one in a fur-trimmed coat and hat, the other in a uniform-style cap, sharing a joyful moment. The black-and-white footage, marked by classic film grain and soft focus, shows them smiling and interacting near a classic 1930s automobile. The scene shifts to an exterior shot of a house with a porch sign reading 'MEALS,' with the women standing beside the car, evoking a sense of mid-century American life and nostalgia. The grainy, authentic quality of the Super 8 film enhances its historical charm.

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: 124762991

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: Yes
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 well-dressed women, roadside travel, or social life inserts with visible period clothing and automobile context.
Period detail: The women’s hats, fur-trimmed coat, uniform-style cap, and rounded automobile styling support a late-1930s reading, with a porch sign reading “MEALS” visible in exterior frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal, playful encounter as the women smile toward the camera and stand near a car in a casual traveler or roadside-stop setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult women, period hats, a fur-trimmed coat, eyeglasses, a rounded 1930s-style car, a house porch, bare trees, and a sign reading “MEALS.”
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm footage shows soft focus, strong grain, slight exposure bloom, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, social-history insert, road-trip cutaway, or transition into themes of travel, women’s fashion, and everyday life in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests middle-class leisure or travel culture through formal outerwear, smiling camera interaction, and a roadside house offering meals, without identifying the people or business.
Research note: Faces and a readable sign are visible, so likeness, location, signage, and any trademark or property concerns should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York home movie footage, 1930s women’s fashion, vintage car roadside stop, black-and-white 8mm travel footage, and women smiling at camera.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York or 1939 home movies, then with related themes of 1930s road travel, roadside meals, women’s dress, and classic cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult women in 1930s New York home-movie footage smile toward the camera, one wearing eyeglasses and a fur-trimmed coat. — Two women smile in close-up, showing period hats and formal outerwear.

Close-up of two smiling women in 1939 New York footage, with one wearing a uniform-style cap and both framed by soft 8mm film edges. — The women laugh and look toward the camera in a soft-focus close-up.

Two women stand beside a rounded 1930s-style car outside a New York roadside house with a visible porch sign reading “MEALS.” — Women stand near a car outside a house with a “MEALS” sign on the porch.

A woman in dark outerwear stands near a rounded car outside a New York house with a porch sign reading “MEALS.” — A woman stands beside the car as the roadside house and “MEALS” sign remain visible.

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