New York USA-1939: A Young Couple Plays Checkers At The Dining Room Table

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

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A Young Couple Plays Checkers At The Dining Room Table — Clip Details

NEW YORK USA-1939: A young couple sits at a dining room table covered with a fringed tablecloth, playing checkers in this grainy black-and-white 8mm home movie. The woman, wearing a dark dress with a light collar, concentrates on the game, occasionally smiling, while the man, in a dark suit, rests his chin on his hand in contemplation. A potted houseplant sits on the table, and the room's simple decor reflects a mid-20th-century domestic setting. The footage captures a quiet, intimate moment of leisure, with natural film grain and soft lighting characteristic of vintage home movies.

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: 124763013

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 intimate home-movie footage of a young couple at leisure indoors.
Period detail: The clothing, fringed tablecloth, small houseplant, and simple dining-room setting support a late-1930s domestic impression consistent with the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears relaxed and unstaged as they concentrate on a checkers game, exchange smiles, and lean over the table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman, a young man, a checkers board, a fringed tablecloth, a potted plant, chairs, and a plain interior wall.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows pronounced grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and a fixed home-movie viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, domestic cutaway, or memory beat for courtship, leisure, or prewar family-life sequences.
Historical context: The clip offers a small-scale view of indoor recreation and couple interaction in a private home setting, without evidence of a public event or named location.
Research note: Faces and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 New York home movie couple playing checkers, 1930s domestic leisure 8mm, and vintage dining room board game footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel home interiors, then New York 1939 domestic footage, then broader 1930s couple leisure or board-game scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1939 New York home-movie frame, a young couple sits at a dining-room table during a checkers game. — The couple sits at the table as the game is underway, with a houseplant and fringed cloth in view.

The woman reaches or studies the board while the man sits nearby in this 1939 New York domestic scene. — The woman leans into the game while the man observes from the side of the table.

A young couple in a private New York interior studies a checkers board during the brief 1939 home-movie clip. — Both players focus on the board, with the man resting his face on his hand.

The woman leans over the board and the man watches at the dining table in the 1939 New York home-movie scene. — The final frame holds on the couple at the table, absorbed in the checkers game.

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