Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Person Running Toward Surf Waves At Beach On A

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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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Person Running Toward Surf Waves At Beach On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a quiet beach scene in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A lone figure walks along the shoreline as gentle waves roll onto the sand. In the distance, a weathered pier stretches into the Atlantic, its structure partially silhouetted against the overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a distinct purple color cast typical of early color film. The scene evokes a sense of calm nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of a bygone era at the Jersey Shore.

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: 127265372

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: Useful for 1930s Atlantic City or Jersey Shore beach coverage in documentaries, museum media, education programs, or restrained commercial edits needing authentic home-movie shoreline atmosphere.
Period detail: The distant pier, simple beach setting, and metadata-supported 1938 date place the view in a prewar resort context, though no specific landmark identification is confirmed from the frames alone.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its quiet observation of a lone beachgoer near the surf from a casual shoreline vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, rolling Atlantic surf, a distant pier, overcast sky, a small human figure, dark film borders, and soft shoreline shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld framing, gate edges, and a purple color cast that contribute to its physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, location insert, or transition for Atlantic City, seaside recreation, or prewar beach-life sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents public beach recreation at Atlantic City in 1938 without showing crowds, signage, vehicles, or other details that would support broader social claims.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be appropriate; no logos, private property, or audible music are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1938 Atlantic City beach 8mm, Jersey Shore surf home movie, distant pier shoreline footage, and prewar New Jersey seaside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City beach footage, then broader 1930s Jersey Shore, surf, pier, and vacation home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City beach view with low surf, a distant pier, soft focus, purple color cast, and dark 8mm frame edges. — Surf rolls onto a quiet Atlantic City beach with a pier visible in the distance.

Atlantic City shoreline in 1938 with a lone distant beachgoer near the waves and a pier extending into the ocean. — A distant beachgoer is visible near the surf as waves break below the pier.

1938 home-movie view of Atlantic City surf and beach, with the pier softened by grain and distance. — Low waves move across the shoreline beneath a distant pier structure.

Atlantic City beach and surf in a soft 1938 8mm frame, with the pier at right and dark film borders visible. — The pier sits at the edge of the frame while surf breaks along the quiet beach.

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