New York USA-1939: Woman Exiting Car Throws Keys Towards Front Door Of House

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

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Woman Exiting Car Throws Keys Towards Front Door Of House — Clip Details

A woman in a long coat and vintage 1930s hairstyle exits a classic black automobile in front of a white clapboard house. She walks toward the front door, then turns and throws her keys toward the entrance. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1939, captures a candid moment of domestic life with authentic grain, soft focus, and natural lighting. The scene evokes nostalgia for mid-20th century American homes and everyday routines.

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: 124763004

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 domestic-life requests needing a brief home-movie insert of a woman arriving by car at a clapboard house.
Period detail: The long coat, styled hair, black automobile, clapboard siding, and multi-pane front door may show late-1930s American residential detail.
Home-movie behavior: The moment feels unstaged as the woman leaves the car, walks toward the house, and tosses keys toward the entrance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a long coat, a dark vintage car, a white clapboard house, windows, front steps or entry area, and a second adult near the doorway.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, variable exposure, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic arrival insert, a memory beat, or a transition into a household or neighborhood sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows an everyday residential exterior scene and a brief social gesture around entering a home, without identifying the people or address.
Research note: People and a residence exterior are visible, so likeness and property-context review may be needed separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: 1939 New York home movie woman exiting car, 1930s residential exterior, 8mm domestic arrival, woman throwing keys at front door.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York residential footage, then broader 1930s home and automobile scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 New York home-movie footage, a woman in a long coat stands beside a dark car outside a clapboard house. — Woman steps away from a dark automobile outside a clapboard house.

Woman moves toward the residential entrance after leaving the car.

Near the clapboard house, the woman raises one arm as if tossing or signaling toward the doorway. — Woman lifts her arm near the front entrance area.

The woman reaches the entrance area where another adult stands near the doorway of the house. — Two adults appear near the house entrance at the end of the clip.

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