Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Red Brick Building with Arched Entrance

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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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Red Brick Building with Arched Entrance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched street scene in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with pedestrians strolling past storefronts and a prominent red brick building with arched columns. The footage shows a bustling early 20th-century urban environment, with period clothing and classic architecture under a bright sky. The final frames focus on the entrance of a stately brick structure with white-framed windows and steps leading to an arched doorway, offering a glimpse of greenery beyond. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of an old Super 8 home movie, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity.

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: 127265412

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: Useful for 1930s Atlantic City urban street or architectural cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions needing real home-movie footage.
Period detail: Visible clues include period pedestrian dress, storefront-lined streets, theater or shop signage, and a red brick entrance with arches and white-framed windows.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, moving from a public street view to a closer look at a formal brick entrance rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: The frames show pedestrians, storefronts, street signage, red brick walls, arched openings, columns, steps, white-trimmed windows, and greenery beyond the entrance.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, color fading, vignette edges, and contact-sheet borders that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition from street activity to built environment, or memory beat.
Historical context: The footage situates everyday public movement and urban architecture in prewar Atlantic City without making claims about a specific building or event.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so users should review likeness, trademark, and location issues separately from any copyright licensing question.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Atlantic City 8mm street footage, vintage New Jersey boardwalk-era city scenes, red brick building entrance, and home-movie architecture cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Atlantic City material, then with 1930s urban streets, storefronts, and brick architectural details.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City street view with pedestrians walking past storefronts and signs in soft 8mm home-movie color. — Pedestrians move along a broad Atlantic City street lined with storefronts and signage.

Red brick building entrance in Atlantic City, with an arched opening, columned facade, steps, and a white-framed window. — The camera settles on a red brick entrance with arches, columns, and steps.

Close 8mm view of the red brick facade, showing an arch, column, white-framed window, dark doorway, and entrance steps. — A closer framing emphasizes the brick column, arched opening, doorway, and window trim.

Atlantic City brick entrance detail with an arched passage, steps, white-trimmed window, and trees visible through the opening. — The final frame holds on the arched brick entrance with steps and greenery beyond.

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