New York-1948: Man In Suit Walks Toward Camera Smiling

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Man In Suit Walks Toward Camera Smiling — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A man in a dark suit and striped tie walks toward the camera on a paved path, smiling warmly. He wears glasses and a white pocket square, his expression friendly and confident. In the background, another man in a light-colored shirt stands near a building with vertical siding. The scene is shot on 8mm film, showing natural color tones, slight grain, and the characteristic look of a vintage home movie from the late 1940s. The camera remains mostly static, capturing a candid moment of everyday life in mid-century America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124876879

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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 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 1940s New York editorial sequences needing home-movie footage of a well-dressed adult man approaching the camera in an everyday outdoor setting.
Period detail: The dark suit, striped tie, glasses, pocket square, older cars, and 8mm color stock may show late-1940s dress and street-side surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The man walks toward the camera with a warm smile, giving the clip an unstaged family-or-friend perspective rather than a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, striped tie, eyeglasses, pocket square, paved path, low hedges, building siding, and parked cars.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, mild grain, bright exposure, and slight frame-edge vignetting that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, character introduction, or brief transition into mid-century family, friendship, or urban-life material.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for adult social presentation and casual filming practices in postwar-era American home movies without confirming a specific occasion.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, and copyright status is separate from personal or property rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s New York home movie man in suit, 8mm smiling man walking, vintage family footage, and mid-century men’s fashion.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other New York 1948 material, then related clips of suited adults, family gatherings, walking shots, and candid smiles.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 New York home-movie footage, an older man in a dark suit and striped tie smiles close to the camera beside a building and hedges. — A suited man smiles as he approaches the camera on a paved path.

A man in a dark suit and tie walks toward the camera on a bright paved path, with hedges, a long building, and parked cars behind him. — The man walks forward from the background along the path.

The suited man continues forward on the path and lifts a hand near his face, with the building, hedge, and parked cars still visible. — The man gestures near his face while continuing toward the camera.

The suited man moves closer to the camera as another adult man stands by the building in the background near the hedges. — A suited man approaches while another man waits near the building.

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