Danielson Connecticut-1939: Group Of People Wearing Black Gather Around Brick Fireplace

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

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Group Of People Wearing Black Gather Around Brick Fireplace — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a group of people in dark clothing gathered around a brick fireplace in Danielson, Connecticut. The black-and-white footage shows individuals standing and sitting in a dimly lit room, with a mantel visible above the fireplace. The scene has a somber, nostalgic mood, characteristic of vintage home movies from the era, with natural film grain and slight motion blur. The camera remains mostly static, documenting a quiet, intimate family moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125328808

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 1930s Connecticut home-movie requests needing a brief interior gathering and adjacent rural roadside views as archival inserts.
Period detail: The interior frame may show period dark clothing around a brick fireplace, while later frames show a simple road, low guardrail or culvert, grassy bank, and wooded hillside.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-film viewpoint, moving from a quiet indoor group moment to casual exterior scenery filmed from a nearby roadside position.
What appears in frame: Visible details include people in dark clothing, a brick fireplace and mantel, a road edge, grassy embankment, low roadside barrier, open ground, and wooded hillside.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan carries strong grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, scratches, and slight blur typical of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, transition from private interior to outdoor landscape, or cutaway for small-town 1930s domestic context.
Historical context: The footage suggests everyday family documentation in Danielson, Connecticut, with interiors and local roadside scenery rather than a formal public event.
Research note: People and faces are visible in a private interior, so likeness, privacy, and property-context review may be needed in addition to copyright checks.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 Danielson Connecticut home movie, black-and-white 8mm fireplace gathering, rural Connecticut roadside, and 1930s family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Danielson or Connecticut 1939 material, then with 1930s family interiors and rural road scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Danielson, Connecticut home-movie frame showing several people gathered around a brick fireplace in a dim room. — A small group stands and sits near a brick fireplace in a dark interior.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from the Danielson, Connecticut clip showing a roadside, grassy embankment, and wooded hill. — The camera looks across a road toward a low grassy rise and trees.

Grainy 1939 Danielson, Connecticut frame showing a road edge, open embankment, low barrier, and tree-covered slope. — A roadside view shows open ground below a wooded hillside.

Black-and-white home-movie frame showing a quiet Danielson roadside, grassy rise, and dense tree line in soft focus. — The final frame holds on a blurred roadside slope with trees in the background.

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