New York-1939: Historic Video Shows Old Car

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 New York

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Historic Video Shows Old Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a classic automobile parked on a quiet street in New York. Two individuals in period attire stand beside the car, one opening the door while the other appears to be entering. The scene unfolds in front of a modest building with a porch, under a bright sky with bare trees suggesting early spring. The grainy black-and-white footage, with natural film imperfections, evokes a nostalgic slice of mid-20th century American life.

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: 125454641

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 1676 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jane
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: new york,washington
Date: 1939 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 requests needing 1930s New York home-movie footage of street-level automobile travel and everyday arrivals for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The parked older automobile, long coats, porch-front building, utility poles, and bare trees may show late-1930s urban or suburban street details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the small action of people standing by the car as one door is open and another figure approaches or enters.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a parked car, open car door, two adults in coats, porch railings, stone or stucco wall, utility poles, bare trees, and a quiet street.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, frame-edge shadows, exposure variation, and slight contact-sheet blur consistent with home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for automobile travel, neighborhood arrival, or everyday 1930s street life.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for personal transportation and residential street settings without making claims about a specific neighborhood or event.
Research note: People and exterior buildings are visible, so likeness and property considerations may require review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm car footage, vintage home movie street scene, old automobile arrival, and 1930s residential street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1939 street material, then with vintage automobile and family-arrival themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing an older car parked beside a porch-front building with one person near the open door. — A parked car stands on a quiet street as a person remains by the open door.

1939 New York frame with a parked older automobile, an open door, and a figure standing on the street near porch-front buildings. — A figure stands beside the open door of a parked automobile.

1939 New York home-movie frame showing a parked car, an open door, and two adults near a residential-looking building. — Two adults appear near the parked car, one at the open door and one by the building.

1939 New York frame with two adults in dark coats near a parked older car beside porch-front buildings and utility poles. — Two adults linger near the parked automobile on a quiet street.

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