Cleveland Ohio-1937: Friends Gathered Around Record Player in Woods

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Cleveland Ohio

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Friends Gathered Around Record Player in Woods — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937 captures a group of friends gathered outdoors in a wooded area. Men and women in period attire stand around a small table with a portable record player, listening to music. One man operates the device while others watch and converse, creating a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere. The black-and-white footage shows natural light filtering through trees, with film grain and slight motion blur characteristic of Super 8 home movies. This archival clip offers authentic 1930s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 125779542

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 1001 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1937-1938-1939
Reel-level location note: Cleveland
Date: 1937 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: Cleveland, Ohio, 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 Cleveland home-movie footage for productions needing a brief outdoor leisure or music-listening scene with adults gathered around a portable record player.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm look, and portable tabletop record player support the provided 1937 Cleveland context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal pauses as friends stand close together, watch one man handle the player, and appear to converse in an unstaged outdoor setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men and women, a small table, portable record player equipment, cables, trees, dirt ground, summer clothing, and dappled daylight.
Film character: The scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight motion blur typical of handheld 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for everyday recreation, amateur music listening, and prewar social life.
Historical context: The scene shows adults sharing recorded music outdoors, giving a modest view of leisure and social gathering in the late 1930s.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands, private property, children, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and likeness rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1937 Cleveland home movie, 1930s outdoor record player, friends listening to music, wooded picnic gathering, and 8mm Americana footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1937 home movies, then related 1930s outdoor leisure or music scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Cleveland 8mm frame showing adults gathered in a wooded outdoor area around a tabletop record player. — Friends stand near a portable record player set on a small table outdoors.

Adults in period clothing gather around a small outdoor table with record player equipment in Cleveland, 1937. — The group watches as the tabletop music equipment sits among the trees.

In this 1937 Cleveland home-movie frame, a man tends to the record player as friends look on outdoors. — A man bends toward the portable player while companions gather around him.

Friends in 1937 Cleveland stand in dappled light around a tabletop record player in a wooded setting. — Adults remain gathered around the outdoor record player as the shot continues.

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