New York-1939: Person in Dark Coat Walks Past Black Sedan

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

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Person in Dark Coat Walks Past Black Sedan — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a classic black sedan parked on a quiet street in New York. A person in dark clothing walks past the vehicle, their figure slightly blurred by the film's grain and motion. The car, with its rounded fenders and prominent headlights, exemplifies pre-war automotive design. The footage, marked by the characteristic grain and soft focus of 8mm home movies, offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life in the late 1930s. The scene is framed by the film's natural borders, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 125454759

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: 1930s New York street footage for editors needing a brief urban cutaway with a parked pre-war car and a passing pedestrian.
Period detail: The rounded fenders, external spare wheel and upright sedan body may show late-1930s automotive styling on a New York street.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged sidewalk perspective, holding on a parked car as a dark-clothed pedestrian crosses the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black sedan, street pavement, building facades, a doorway or garage front, a distant pedestrian and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft 8mm focus, visible grain, exposure variation and contact-sheet framing give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition or memory beat for everyday city life, pre-war motoring or period street atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene suggests ordinary urban curbside life rather than a staged event, with the car and pedestrian providing social scale.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no readable logos appear, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 New York street, 8mm home movie parked car, 1930s sedan, pre-war urban traffic and vintage pedestrian street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel street material, then other 1939 New York exteriors, then broader 1930s urban car and pedestrian scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 New York 8mm frame showing the rear half of a dark pre-war sedan beside building fronts. — A dark sedan is parked at the curb, partly cropped by the film frame.

1939 New York street frame with a dark pre-war car and a distant person in dark clothing near a building entrance. — A pedestrian passes behind the parked car near the building front.

Rear view of a dark pre-war sedan on a New York street, with a blurred pedestrian near the edge of the frame. — The parked sedan fills the frame while a passerby remains soft in the background.

1939 New York 8mm frame showing a dark pre-war car parked near a building as pedestrians move behind it. — Blurred pedestrians pass behind the parked car in the street scene.

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