Danielson Connecticut-1939: An Old Pharmacist Pouring Medicine In A Vintage Pharmacy

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

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An Old Pharmacist Pouring Medicine In A Vintage Pharmacy — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a pharmacist in a white lab coat carefully pouring a liquid from a bottle into a glass. The scene unfolds in a dimly lit pharmacy with shelves packed with old medicine bottles and jars. The man, focused and methodical, handles the glass with precision, his expression serious. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film grain and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic, historical atmosphere. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into early 20th-century pharmacy practice and daily life in Danielson, Connecticut.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & 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: 125328900

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1930s Connecticut small-town pharmacy, medicine preparation, or professional work interiors from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white coat, glassware, dark shelving, and rows of labeled bottles may show period pharmacy practice and retail drugstore storage in the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, unstaged action of an older man carefully handling a bottle and glass while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white coat, a drinking glass, a bottle or vessel, packed pharmacy shelves, small jars, paper labels, and a dim interior counter area.
Film character: The clip has soft black-and-white 8mm texture, visible grain, mild blur, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie film evidence.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, occupational cutaway, memory beat, or transition into sequences about medicine, local commerce, aging, or domestic health.
Historical context: The footage visually situates medicine handling within a private or semi-private pharmacy interior, without identifying brands, prescriptions, or specific medical claims.
Research note: People, faces, private interior property, and medical context are visible, so likeness, property, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm pharmacy footage, Danielson Connecticut drugstore interior, old pharmacist pouring liquid, and 1930s medicine bottle shelves.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Danielson Connecticut 1939 material, then other 1930s pharmacy, medicine, shop interior, or professional work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1939 Danielson, Connecticut pharmacy interior, an older man in a white coat handles a glass in front of bottle-lined shelves. — An older pharmacist appears to prepare or inspect liquid beside shelves of medicine bottles.

The pharmacist figure looks toward a glass while standing before crowded shelves in the Danielson pharmacy setting. — The man studies the glass as the dark pharmacy shelves fill the background.

A white-coated man in the 1939 pharmacy scene lowers or steadies a glass before rows of bottles and jars. — The glass is held near the counter area while shelves of bottles remain visible behind him.

The pharmacist remains in profile, holding the glass against a dense backdrop of pharmacy bottles.

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