New York USA-1939: Two Women Step Away From A Car And The Woman Slams The Door

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

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Two Women Step Away From A Car And The Woman Slams The Door — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two women at a classic automobile in front of a white clapboard house. One woman, wearing a long coat and a dark hat, steps away from the car while the other closes the door, which slams shut with a definitive sound. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film scratches and soft focus, evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and everyday life in the late 1930s. The scene is set in New York USA, offering authentic archival footage of period clothing and automotive design.

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: 124763002

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing an everyday automobile arrival or departure moment with women in period outerwear.
Period detail: The dark rounded automobile, long coats, hat, and white clapboard house support a late-1930s domestic street or driveway setting.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged home-movie value as two women move around a parked car and one closes the door after stepping away.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a dark vintage car, an open car door, a white clapboard house, windows, yard shadows, and winter-bare trees.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, exposure variation, frame-edge darkness, and small scratches from the physical film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for domestic travel, arrivals, departures, or everyday prewar life.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for women’s outerwear, domestic architecture, and automobile design in a New York home-movie setting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm home movie, women by vintage car, car door closing, black-and-white domestic footage, and 1930s automobile scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 New York home movies, then with related women, cars, houses, and departure moments.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, two women in coats stand near a dark car outside a white clapboard house. — Two women pause beside a parked car outside a clapboard house.

A woman leans into or near the side of a dark car outside a New York clapboard house in 1939 footage. — A woman bends beside the car as the house fills the background.

A woman in a light coat stands beside an open dark car door outside a white clapboard house in 1939 New York footage. — The car door is open as the woman stands beside the vehicle.

The woman remains beside the dark automobile outside the clapboard house as the brief 1939 New York home-movie scene ends. — The woman stands close to the car at the end of the shot.

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