Ontario Canada-1940: Man in White Hat Beside Automobile

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationOntario, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 Canada

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Man in White Hat Beside Automobile — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1940, this vintage home movie captures a poignant moment in Ontario, Canada. The clip opens with a stone castle-like tower under a clear blue sky, followed by a title card reading 'LEAVING CANADA 1940 AUGUST'. The final frames show a man in a white fedora and suit standing beside a classic 1940s automobile, with another man in a uniform nearby. The footage features the warm, slightly faded colors and grainy texture characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124763607

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1940 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Ontario, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1940s Canada departure, travel, memory, or wartime-era personal-history sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The title card dates the scene to August 1940, while the stone tower and typed intertitle suggest a traveler-made record from Ontario, Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a private farewell record, using a landmark view and title card to mark the act of leaving Canada.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stone tower, blue sky, tree branches, black film borders, typed title cards, paper texture, and uneven projected light.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate shadow, and exposure variation consistent with home-movie film handling.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, chapter transition, travel departure marker, or memory beat before a Canada-to-elsewhere storyline.
Historical context: The footage documents how a private filmmaker labeled and preserved a departure moment, without establishing the reason for leaving.
Research note: People are flagged elsewhere in the clip, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, and the tower should be identified before location-specific claims.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940 Ontario home movie, leaving Canada title card, 8mm travel departure footage, and vintage Canada memory reel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Ontario or Canada footage from 1940, then broader farewell, travel, and departure-themed home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-angle 1940 Ontario home-movie view of a stone tower under blue sky, framed by dark film edges and nearby branches. — A stone tower is filmed from below at the opening of the clip.

Intertitle on textured paper reads "LEAVING CANADA 1940 AUGUST," with dark borders and uneven projection exposure. — A home-movie title card dates the departure from Canada to August 1940.

Close 8mm view of the same "LEAVING CANADA 1940 AUGUST" title card, with visible paper grain and soft focus. — The departure title card fills the frame more closely.

The departure title card remains visible but is partly obscured by flare or projection light along the lower edge. — The final sampled frame holds on the title card with light spill at the bottom.

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