Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: People Walking Through Arched Doorways

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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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People Walking Through Arched Doorways — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a brick building with arched doorways and steps in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The footage shows people walking through the arches, including a woman in period attire, under a warm, purple-tinted light. The scene includes a gated entrance and shuttered windows, with trees visible in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality is characteristic of 8mm home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265416

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: 1930s Atlantic City home-movie footage for productions needing an exterior brick-arcade cutaway with pedestrians in period dress.
Period detail: The arched brick entry, paneled gate, steps, and dark dresses may show late-1930s resort or civic architecture and visitor clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes people casually walking through the arches from a visitor's viewpoint, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie feel.
What appears in frame: Visible details include brick arches, shallow steps, a gated entrance, railings, shuttered windows, trees beyond the openings, and pedestrians.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, purple color shift, grain, gate shadowing, and slight handheld framing that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, or memory beat between Atlantic City street and leisure scenes.
Historical context: The clip shows pedestrians moving through a substantial brick entrance, suggesting everyday public or visitor activity without identifying the building.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are apparent, while building/property status should be checked separately from copyright.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 Atlantic City 8mm building exterior, 1930s brick arches pedestrians, and New Jersey home movie architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Atlantic City 1938 exteriors, then 1930s resort-town architecture or pedestrian cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing a brick facade with tall arches, steps, railings, and trees visible through the openings. — Brick arches and entry steps fill the frame, with trees seen through the openings.

1938 Atlantic City frame of a brick building with arched openings, shallow steps, shuttered windows, and trees beyond the facade. — The camera frames the brick entrance and adjacent windows through a purple-tinted 8mm scan.

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame with two women walking near brick arches, steps, trees, and an open paneled gate. — Two women pass through the arched brick entrance beside an open gate.

1938 Atlantic City frame showing pedestrians under brick arches near steps, trees, and a large open gate. — Pedestrians move through the arched entry as the open gate frames the right side.

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