New York USA-1939: Man in Fedora on Residential Street

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

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Man in Fedora on Residential Street — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A man in a fedora and suit walks through a quiet residential neighborhood, his face breaking into a wide smile as he looks toward the camera. The grainy black-and-white 8mm film captures the crisp details of his period attire and the vintage automobiles parked along the street. The footage, shot on Super 8, shows a man in a dark coat and tie, with bare trees and modest homes in the background, evoking a sense of everyday life in the late 1930s. The camera follows his movement, capturing candid moments of joy and nostalgia.

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: 124762998

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New York home-movie requests needing an everyday residential street moment with adult figures and a period automobile.
Period detail: The fedora, dark overcoat, tie, bare trees, modest houses, and rounded late-1930s car may show everyday urban or suburban dress and streetscape detail.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid interaction as a man walks near the camera, smiles broadly, and another adult moves beside a parked car.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a smiling man in a fedora, another hat-wearing adult, a dark vintage car, bare trees, clapboard houses, sidewalks, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, high daylight contrast, and contact-sheet gate edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for personal recollection, street life, or late-1930s domestic atmosphere.
Historical context: The clip provides a small-scale view of adult dress, parked automobiles, and quiet residential surroundings rather than a public event or landmark.
Research note: People are identifiable enough for likeness review, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 New York home movie, man in fedora on residential street, 1930s family street scene, and black-and-white 8mm car footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1939 material, then broader 1930s residential street and family-car scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a man in a fedora and dark coat walks past modest houses on a quiet street. — A hat-wearing man walks along a residential street in black-and-white home-movie footage.

A smiling man in a fedora and overcoat looks toward the camera on a New York residential street in 1939. — The man turns toward the camera with a broad smile as houses and trees line the background.

A person stands by the open door of a dark period car outside a residential house in black-and-white 8mm footage. — An adult figure is positioned beside an open car door in front of a clapboard house.

The final frame shows an adult by a vintage car door, with a second figure partly visible at the edge of a residential scene. — A person remains by the open car door as another figure enters the edge of the frame.

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