New York-1939: Woman At Table While Baby Sits In High Chair And Plays With Object

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

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Woman At Table While Baby Sits In High Chair And Plays... — Clip Details

A grainy black-and-white 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a quiet domestic moment in New York. A woman sits at a table, her profile visible as she eats or drinks, while a baby in a high chair plays with an object in the background. The scene is softly lit, with a lace tablecloth and vintage furnishings suggesting a mid-century household. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural grain, and subtle camera shake—evoking a nostalgic, intimate glimpse into everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & 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: 125455278

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

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 domestic-life requests needing a short archival home-movie insert of family mealtime and infant care indoors.
Period detail: The lace tablecloth, high chair, table setting, and dark wood furnishings may show late-1930s household interiors and everyday family routines.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged family moment, with an adult seated at the table while a baby remains occupied in a high chair nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman in profile, a baby in a high chair, a lace-covered table, dishes or glasses, curtains, and dark interior furniture.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image has soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame jitter consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic cutaway, or brief transition into family life, childcare, or everyday interiors of the late 1930s.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private household space and family caregiving without supporting broader claims about New York social history.
Research note: People, a child, faces, and a private interior are visible, so likeness, privacy, and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 New York home movie, 8mm domestic interior, woman at table, baby in high chair, and vintage family mealtime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 New York interiors, then broader home-movie scenes of babies, meals, and family rooms.

Still Frames From This Clip

A woman sits beside a lace-covered table while a baby is seated in a high chair.

Soft black-and-white frame of a woman at a household table as a baby sits in a high chair near curtained windows. — The woman remains seated at the table while the baby is visible behind the table setting.

Grainy 8mm frame showing the woman extending an arm near the table while the baby remains seated in the high chair. — The woman reaches across the table during the quiet indoor family scene.

Black-and-white home-movie frame with the woman lifting a hand near her mouth and the baby seated in a high chair beyond the table. — The woman lifts her hand while seated beside the table, with the baby still in the high chair.

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