Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Woman Sits On Empty Row Of Beach Lounge Chairs

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationAtlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Atlantic City New Jersey

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Woman Sits On Empty Row Of Beach Lounge Chairs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage footage captures a quiet moment at Atlantic City's boardwalk. A woman in period swimwear reclines on a row of empty lounge chairs, with a long line of unoccupied beach chairs stretching into the distance. The scene features classic Art Deco-style buildings with arched colonnades and striped awnings, all bathed in the distinctive purple and blue color cast of aged home movie film. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a seaside resort during a calm, possibly off-season day. This authentic 8mm home movie offers rich archival value for documentaries, historical content, and nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265242

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1678 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: skyline drive,black water falls
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: atlantic city
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: Atlantic City, New Jersey, 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 Atlantic City beach-resort home-movie footage suited to documentary cutaways about seaside leisure, boardwalk vacations, or prewar American travel.
Period detail: The frames show striped awnings, arched colonnades, rows of beach lounge chairs, and period swimwear, all consistent with the supplied 1938 Atlantic City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet observational feel of a visitor filming an unposed beachside moment rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining woman, long rows of empty lounge chairs, a boardwalk-side building, striped awnings, arched openings, railings, and beach paving.
Film character: Aged 8mm color stock gives the scene visible grain, soft focus, slight frame instability, and a strong purple-blue cast that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a calm insert, transition, or memory beat between broader Atlantic City boardwalk and beach-vacation sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for resort leisure by showing beach seating infrastructure and a lightly occupied boardwalk area rather than a crowded beach scene.
Research note: People and faces are visible at low detail, so copyright, likeness, and any location or property considerations should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Atlantic City beach chairs, 1930s New Jersey boardwalk, vintage 8mm seaside resort, and woman reclining on lounge chairs.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Atlantic City material, then other 1938 New Jersey resort shots, then broader 1930s beach, boardwalk, and vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City boardwalk view with empty lounge chairs, striped awnings, railings, and arched building fronts. — Empty beach lounge chairs line the foreground beneath boardwalk awnings and arched facades.

Atlantic City beach chairs stretch across the frame with arched colonnades and striped awnings in the background. — A line of lounge chairs sits below the boardwalk building and awning-covered storefronts.

A woman in swimwear reclines on a lounge chair at Atlantic City, with rows of chairs and arched boardwalk architecture behind her. — A reclining woman appears among rows of beach lounge chairs near the boardwalk.

1938 Atlantic City beach scene with a woman reclining in the foreground, empty chairs receding, and arched boardwalk buildings behind. — The woman remains reclined as the chair rows lead toward the arched boardwalk facade.

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