Danielson Connecticut-1939: Man in Top Hat Opening Car Doors While Woman Holds Infant

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationDanielson, Connecticut, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Danielson Connecticut

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Man in Top Hat Opening Car Doors While Woman Holds Infant — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in a top hat and coat opening the suicide doors of a classic 4-door sedan in Danielson, Connecticut. A woman holding an infant stands nearby as the car door swings open. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a quiet residential street with a house in the background, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American moment. The scene is framed through a window, adding to the intimate, archival feel of the home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125327950

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: 1939 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: Danielson, Connecticut, 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

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 requests needing 1930s Connecticut home-movie footage of a formal arrival, early automobile doors, and everyday family street activity.
Period detail: The top hat, long coat, boxy sedan with rear-hinged doors, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s domestic street setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal family moment as a man opens the car and a woman holding an infant waits nearby, apparently unaware of staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man in a top hat, a dark four-door sedan, open car doors, a woman holding an infant, a house facade, bare trees, and window framing.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight gate edges, flicker, and uneven exposure that give the brief scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for family arrival, prewar American streets, or vintage automobile access.
Historical context: The scene shows a quiet residential setting in Danielson, Connecticut, with formal dress and an older sedan suggesting everyday social mobility in the late 1930s.
Research note: People and a visible infant may require likeness and minor-related review; copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1939 Danielson Connecticut home movie, 1930s sedan suicide doors, top hat man opening car, and family with infant on street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Danielson or 1939 Connecticut material, then with family arrival or vintage car scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Danielson, Connecticut home-movie frame showing a top-hatted man at an open sedan door near a house facade. — A formally dressed man opens the sedan door near a residential building.

1939 Danielson street view with a dark sedan, house windows, and a woman holding an infant near the open car area. — A woman holding an infant stands beside the sedan in front of the house.

1939 Danielson home-movie frame with a boxy sedan and a woman holding an infant near a residential facade. — The woman and infant remain beside the parked sedan as the house fills the background.

1939 Danielson home-movie frame showing the sedan door open as a woman holding an infant stands near the car. — The car door stands open while the woman holding an infant waits nearby.

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