New York-1947: Two Men In Uniform Smoke Cigarettes Outside A House

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 New York

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Two Men In Uniform Smoke Cigarettes Outside A House — Clip Details

Two men in vintage uniforms stand outside a house in New York in 1947, captured on 8mm film. One man smokes a cigarette while the other stands nearby, both engaged in casual conversation. The grainy black-and-white footage shows classic mid-century clothing and a modest home with clapboard siding. The scene exudes a nostalgic, everyday atmosphere from the postwar era, with natural lighting and a handheld camera feel typical of home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 124918338

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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: New York, United States 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing postwar 1940s New York home-movie footage of men in uniform socializing outside a modest house.
Period detail: The uniforms, cigarettes, dark overcoats, clapboard siding, and soft black-and-white 8mm image support a late-1940s domestic street or yard setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged exchange as the men stand, smoke, and acknowledge each other in a brief everyday home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two adult men, uniforms or uniform-like clothing, cigarettes, a light-colored hanging fabric or pole, clapboard siding, windows, and foreground heads.
Film character: The clip has a soft, grainy 8mm look with uneven exposure, mild blur, gate edges, and handheld framing that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, postwar memory beat, or transition into scenes about everyday social life, military return, or neighborhood gatherings.
Historical context: The footage shows adult men in uniform or uniform-like dress in a relaxed domestic setting, suggesting informal postwar social life without proving service branch or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no logos or audible music indicated in the metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 New York 8mm home movie men in uniform smoking outside house and postwar domestic street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel domestic scenes, then other 1947 New York footage, then broader 1940s home movies of men in uniform or casual smoking.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two men in 1947 New York home-movie footage stand outside a clapboard house, one partly obscured by soft focus and film grain. — Two men stand outside a clapboard house in a soft 8mm frame.

Two men in uniform or dark outerwear stand outside a New York house in 1947, with one gesturing beside a pale hanging fabric or pole. — A man gestures while standing with another man outside the house.

A man in dark clothing smokes a cigarette outside a clapboard house in 1947 New York home-movie footage, with foreground figures partly visible. — A man smokes beside other partially visible people outside the house.

A man smokes a cigarette outside a New York clapboard house in 1947, framed by foreground figures and visible 8mm grain. — The smoking man sits or crouches near others in a casual outdoor moment.

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