Southampton New York-1937: Adult Women Playing Tag in 1930s Dresses

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSouthampton, New York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Southampton New York

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Adult Women Playing Tag in 1930s Dresses — Clip Details

SOUTHAMPTON NEW YORK-1937: A group of adult women in vintage 1930s dresses enjoy a game of tag on a grassy lawn. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures their laughter and playful movements in a sun-drenched outdoor setting. The women wear light-colored, knee-length dresses with short sleeves, typical of the era, as they run and chase each other across the lawn. The black-and-white footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, conveying the spontaneous energy of a casual summer gathering. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into social recreation during the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127264671

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$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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Southampton, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1937 Southampton home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational edits about leisure, women's social recreation, and informal summer gatherings in the 1930s.
Period detail: The women's calf-length dresses, short sleeves, belted waists, and low-heeled shoes may show late-1930s casual summer clothing in an outdoor social setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as adult women laugh, gather, chase, and dodge one another during a casual lawn game filmed from a nearby home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grassy lawn, adult women in light dresses, a darker patterned dress, trees or shrubbery, standing onlookers, and blurred running movement.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture gives the scene soft grain, modest contrast, handheld framing, and motion blur that preserve the immediacy of the outdoor play.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for 1930s leisure, women's social life, summer gatherings, or playful home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents adult women at informal recreation in Southampton, New York, with clothing and behavior suggesting a relaxed private social gathering.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; absence of visible logos does not determine copyright, property, or personality-rights status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s women playing tag, Southampton New York home movie, adult women lawn game, vintage dresses recreation, and black-and-white 8mm leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel scenes, then other Southampton 1937 home movies, then broader 1930s outdoor recreation or women-at-leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Southampton home-movie footage, adult women in summer dresses stand and move during a lawn game. — Women in dresses gather on the grass as the game begins or shifts direction.

Adult women in 1930s dresses cluster on a grassy Southampton lawn while one figure moves at the edge of frame. — A small group pauses together on the lawn, with one woman moving through the foreground.

A woman bends forward during the lawn game while other adult women in dresses look on in Southampton. — One participant bends forward as others stand nearby during the outdoor game.

An adult woman runs across the frame while other women in 1930s dresses watch the lawn game in Southampton. — A runner crosses the foreground as the group watches the play continue.

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