New York USA-1939: Here Comes Your Father My

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

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Here Comes Your Father My — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in a dark suit and fedora walking through a quiet residential neighborhood. The grainy black-and-white footage shows him moving past leafless trees and modest houses, with a brief interior shot from inside a vehicle showing a silhouette against a window. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—high contrast, film grain, and natural lighting—evoking a nostalgic, personal moment from the late 1930s. This archival footage offers authentic period detail for historical or editorial projects.

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: 124762993

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York home-movie requests needing a brief domestic street scene, family arrival moment, or period neighborhood cutaway.
Period detail: The footage shows a fedora, dark overcoat, leafless street trees, older houses, and a vehicle interior that may show late-1930s everyday dress and travel.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an informal family viewpoint, with the camera noticing a man arriving or passing by rather than staging a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a fedora, a dark coat, vehicle windows, silhouetted faces, bare trees, a sidewalk, modest houses, and a quiet street.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image has pronounced grain, high contrast, soft focus, and uneven exposure that preserve a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, arrival insert, family-history transition, or establishing cutaway for a late-1930s residential setting.
Historical context: The clip gives a small-scale view of everyday family filming in a residential New York setting without supporting broader historical claims.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and identification review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm home movie, father walking in fedora, vintage residential street footage, and family arrival scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 New York home movies, then with family arrival or residential street themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1939 home-movie frame from New York showing a shadowed person inside a vehicle, with rounded windows and leafless trees beyond. — Shadowed figure seated inside a vehicle with bare trees visible through the windows.

Black-and-white 1939 New York home-movie frame showing shadowed passengers inside a vehicle, with a rounded window and bare trees outside. — Passengers appear in silhouette inside a vehicle, seen against the side window.

Overexposed black-and-white 8mm frame with visible dust, specks, soft edge falloff, and a dark film border. — A brief overexposed frame shows dust and speckling on the film surface.

Black-and-white 1939 New York home-movie frame showing a man in a fedora and dark overcoat walking through a quiet residential street. — A man in a fedora and overcoat walks past bare trees and neighborhood houses.

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