Cleveland Ohio-1938: Two People Getting In A Small Black Car

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Cleveland Ohio

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Two People Getting In A Small Black Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a patterned dress and hat assisting another person into a classic black sedan with a white roof. The car, featuring round headlights and a prominent grille, displays a license plate reading 'CK 398'. The scene unfolds on a quiet residential street lined with trees and houses, with another vintage automobile visible in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and soft focus of Super 8 home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life in Cleveland, Ohio.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorBlack & 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: 125780240

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: Yes
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: 1938 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 suited to documentary requests for everyday automobile use, residential street life, and small-scale personal travel scenes.
Period detail: The black sedan with round headlights, white roof, running boards, and Ohio plate detail supports a late-1930s setting, with another period car visible behind it.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as one adult helps another enter the car, showing practical movement and social assistance in a domestic street setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, an open car door, a black sedan with white roof, a front license plate, a second parked car, trees, curbside grass, and house fronts.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild flicker, and handheld framing that give the brief scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for personal mobility, family errands, or prewar American street life.
Historical context: The scene shows residential automobile use in Cleveland, with adults interacting around a parked car rather than a formal public event or landmark.
Research note: People and a readable plate are visible, so likeness, privacy, and identifying details may need review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Cleveland home movie car, 1930s people entering sedan, vintage Ohio street footage, and 8mm residential automobile scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family or travel scenes, then other 1938 Cleveland footage, then broader 1930s automobile and residential street material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Cleveland home-movie frame of a woman in a patterned dress assisting someone into a black sedan on a residential street. — A woman stands by the open door of a small black sedan while another person is seated inside.

The black sedan remains parked at the curb in Cleveland, with one adult partly visible by the open door and another vintage car behind it. — The open car door frames a partly visible adult as the sedan sits near the curb.

An adult leans into the open door of the 1938 Cleveland street scene, with the sedan front, license plate, and background car visible. — An adult leans toward the sedan interior while the front of the car faces the camera.

Final frame shows the adult at the open sedan door, the car's rounded front and plate visible on a quiet Cleveland residential street. — The adult remains at the open door as the black sedan fills the foreground.

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