Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: View Of Beach With Dock And Sea And Short Clip Of Buildings

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationAtlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Atlantic City New Jersey

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View Of Beach With Dock And Sea And Short Clip Of Buildings — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: Vintage 8mm film captures a nostalgic seaside view with a long wooden pier extending into the Atlantic Ocean. Gentle waves roll onto the sandy beach under a muted sky, with flags lining the pier's edge. The clip transitions to a view of historic early 20th-century buildings, showcasing the city's architectural style. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded look characteristic of home movies from the 1930s. This authentic archival material offers a glimpse into mid-century American coastal life, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265333

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Atlantic City home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for coastal boardwalk, pier, beach, and urban hotel architecture cutaways.
Period detail: The pier, beach, flags, and multi-story masonry buildings may show Atlantic City leisure and resort architecture as filmed from a visitor perspective in the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a tourist-shot viewpoint, moving from a distant beach and pier view to a quick look upward at city buildings rather than staged activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden pier, surf, wet sand, flags, a small boat or watercraft, tall masonry buildings, arched lower facades, and strong film-edge shadows.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm texture with soft focus, purple-blue color shift, gate shadows, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, seaside transition, resort-city cutaway, or memory beat between Atlantic City or East Coast travel scenes.
Historical context: The clip places seaside recreation and dense resort buildings in the same brief sequence, offering visual context for Atlantic City as both beach destination and urban waterfront.
Research note: Visible signage or branding on the pier and possible distant people should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no clearance guarantee for trademark, likeness, or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Atlantic City 8mm footage, New Jersey beach pier home movie, 1930s seaside resort buildings, and vintage boardwalk travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Atlantic City or New Jersey footage from 1938, then with broader 1930s beach, pier, boardwalk, and resort-city material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing a long pier beyond surf and wet sand, with flags and visible signage along the structure. — A distant pier, breaking waves, and wet beach are seen from shore.

Atlantic City pier seen across the beach in 1938 footage, with flags, surf, wet sand, a small watercraft, and visible pier signage. — The pier remains in view as waves roll toward the beach.

1938 Atlantic City footage looking upward at multi-story masonry buildings with arched storefront or arcade details near street level. — The clip shifts from the shore to a street-level view of city buildings.

Atlantic City resort-era buildings appear in soft 1938 home-movie footage, with many windows, arched lower levels, and strong film-edge shadowing. — Multi-story buildings fill the frame in a short urban cutaway.

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