Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: View Of American Flag Flying On Top Of Tan And Brown Building

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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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View Of American Flag Flying On Top Of Tan And Brown... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage footage captures a sun-drenched view of a grand, multi-story building in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The camera pans upward, revealing the building's ornate architecture and a large American flag flying proudly from the rooftop against a clear blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, warm color tones, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into the city's historic skyline and civic pride 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265340

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Useful for 1930s Atlantic City establishing material, civic skyline cutaways, or documentary passages needing visitor-shot urban architecture with an American flag.
Period detail: The multistory masonry building, rooftop flag, and soft color 8mm look support a late-1930s urban resort-city view, based on the supplied 1938 Atlantic City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera studying the upper stories and roofline from street level rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall tan-brown building, rooftop pavilion, American flag, adjacent building edges, blue sky, clouds, window rows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, uneven exposure, blue-purple color shift, visible grain, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition beat, or period memory shot for Atlantic City or 1930s urban America.
Historical context: The footage places attention on civic architecture and a rooftop flag in a coastal city setting, without showing crowds, signage, street life, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but users should still verify copyright status and any building or property identification needed for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Atlantic City 8mm footage, American flag on rooftop, 1930s New Jersey building exterior, and vintage urban skyline home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Atlantic City exteriors, and then with broader 1930s American city architecture or flag imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame showing the upper floors of a tan-brown multistory building against blue sky. — A street-level view catches the upper stories of a large Atlantic City building.

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame with a tall building, rooftop structure, and small American flag near the roofline. — The camera rises toward the rooftop, where a small American flag is visible.

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame showing a rooftop pavilion, flag, and broad facade of a large city building. — The rooftop pavilion and flag dominate the upper portion of the building.

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame focusing on the roofline of a large building with an American flag above it. — The final frame holds on the building roofline and flag in bright daylight.

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