Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Atlantic City Boardwalk with Beach 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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Atlantic City Boardwalk with Beach Chairs — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a sun-drenched boardwalk scene with rows of striped beach chairs and awnings. A large "OLD OVERHOLT" sign dominates the background, with classic architecture and arched buildings lining the promenade. The film exhibits a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture characteristic of 1930s Super 8 home movies. A few pedestrians stroll along the boardwalk, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American seaside leisure and commercial life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127265256

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 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Atlantic City boardwalk or seaside commercial-life edits needing brief 8mm home-movie atmosphere with visible storefront signage and beach-chair rentals.
Period detail: The striped awnings, rows of boardwalk chairs, arched building facade, and large Old Overholt sign support a late-1930s Atlantic City setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the boardwalk frontage and seating rather than staged action, with only distant pedestrians visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include striped beach chairs, awnings, boardwalk railing, arched building windows, pedestrians, commercial signage, and a dark entrance canopy.
Film character: The footage shows grain, soft focus, handheld framing, uneven exposure, and a strong purple color cast consistent with aged scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for Atlantic City leisure, boardwalk commerce, or prewar American travel sequences.
Historical context: The frames show a public seaside shopping and leisure area where rental seating, awnings, signs, and pedestrian movement share the boardwalk space.
Research note: Human review should note visible people and the Old Overholt brand sign; copyright, trademark, likeness, and location issues require separate assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Atlantic City 8mm boardwalk footage, New Jersey seaside shopping center home movie, and vintage beach-chair awning scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City material, then broader 1930s boardwalk, seaside shopping, or travel-home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City boardwalk view with striped awnings, lounge chairs, railing, and a shadowed arched building facade. — Striped boardwalk seating and awnings below arched building windows.

Atlantic City boardwalk seating and striped awnings seen from a handheld 8mm viewpoint, with building arches behind. — Awnings and rows of boardwalk seating fill the frame.

Close view of Atlantic City boardwalk awnings and lounge chairs, with railing and a distant building visible through aged purple film color. — Close-up boardwalk seating and awnings along the promenade.

Wide 1938 Atlantic City boardwalk frame showing an Old Overholt sign, striped awnings, rows of chairs, a canopy, and distant pedestrians. — Old Overholt sign above a boardwalk seating area and entrance canopy.

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