Cleveland Ohio-1937: Men Shaking Hands and Socializing in Woods

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

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Men Shaking Hands and Socializing in Woods — Clip Details

CLEVELAND OHIO-1937: A group of men in casual summer attire, including tank tops and light shirts, gather outdoors in a wooded area near a rustic cabin. They shake hands and drink from cans, sharing a moment of camaraderie and reunion. The black-and-white 8mm film captures the grainy texture and nostalgic atmosphere of a 1930s home movie, with natural lighting and a relaxed, friendly mood.

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: 125779771

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1930s editorial requests for informal male reunion, summer social life, and outdoor camaraderie in home-movie footage from Cleveland, Ohio.
Period detail: The light shirts, tank tops, caps, high-waisted trousers, cans, and rustic wooded setting may show casual late-1930s recreation rather than a formal event.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged greetings, handshakes, and relaxed drinking as men acknowledge one another in front of the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several adult men, handshakes, beverage cans, summer clothing, trees, sun patches, and a rustic cabin-like structure.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, bright outdoor exposure, and slight handheld framing typical of family-shot film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, reunion cutaway, social-history beat, or transition into a sequence about leisure, friendship, or group gatherings.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal adult socializing in a wooded setting, with clothing and gestures suggesting a relaxed recreational gathering.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal rights.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s home movie men shaking hands, Cleveland outdoor gathering, vintage 8mm reunion, and Depression-era social leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1937 footage, then broader 1930s outdoor gatherings, cabins, and reunion scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Cleveland home-movie footage, men in light summer clothing greet each other outdoors near trees and a rustic structure. — Men exchange greetings in a wooded outdoor area.

A man in a cap shakes hands in a wooded Cleveland setting while other men stand nearby, including one drinking from a can. — A handshake takes place as others watch and drink nearby.

Two men shake hands in front of a rustic building while several adult men in light clothing stand around in the wooded area. — The group gathers around a handshake outside a rustic structure.

In a black-and-white 1937 Cleveland frame, a man in a tank top faces the camera while others continue greeting each other outdoors. — A man faces the camera during the outdoor reunion scene.

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