New York-1939: Woman in Coat Walking by Parked Automobiles

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

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Woman in Coat Walking by Parked Automobiles — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a woman in a dark coat and hat walking through a residential driveway on a windy day. She carries a bag and moves past vintage automobiles, including a classic car with a prominent front fender. The scene unfolds in front of a house with clapboard siding, showcasing the authentic textures and motion of mid-century American life. The footage, shot on 8mm film, features natural lighting and the characteristic imperfections of archival home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment from the past.

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: 125454746

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 1930s New York home-movie requests needing a brief residential street or driveway moment with a woman passing parked classic cars.
Period detail: The woman's dark coat and hat, clapboard house siding, and rounded prewar automobiles may show late-1930s everyday American residential details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the woman walks naturally through a breezy driveway area while the camera watches from a fixed position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark coat and hat, a handbag, parked classic cars, clapboard siding, a garage or house door, pavement, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and small specks that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for everyday New York residential life in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for ordinary street-side movement, women's outerwear, and automobile presence in a residential setting without identifying the people or address.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from any personal or property rights questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York 8mm home movie, woman in fur coat walking, windy residential driveway, and classic cars on a street.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1939 material, then related 1930s home-movie clips with pedestrians and cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York home-movie frame showing a parked classic car near clapboard siding and a light-colored residential door. — A parked car sits beside a clapboard-sided residential building.

1939 New York frame with a woman in a dark coat and hat walking near a parked classic car outside a clapboard-sided building. — A woman passes a parked car outside a residential building.

1939 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in dark outerwear walking between parked classic cars in a residential driveway area. — The woman continues walking between parked cars on the pavement.

1939 New York frame showing a woman in a dark coat and hat beside the front fender and headlamp of a parked classic car. — A woman walks past the front of a parked classic car.

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