Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Footage Of An Old Brick Manor With An Iron Gate

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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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Footage Of An Old Brick Manor With An Iron Gate — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: Vintage 8mm film captures a stately brick manor with arched entryways and white-trimmed windows. The footage, shot through a dark frame, shows a person in period attire walking near an ornate iron gate. The building's classic architecture features a dark roof with dormers, and the warm, slightly faded color palette evokes a nostalgic 1930s atmosphere. This archival home movie offers a glimpse of historic residential life in Atlantic City.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265420

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 East Coast residential architecture sequences needing brief exterior home-movie footage of a brick manor-like building.
Period detail: The brick facade, arched openings, white-trimmed sash windows, dormers, and formal gate may show late 1930s architectural and visitor-view details.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, with the camera looking through a dark foreground obstruction as a person passes near the entrance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red brick walls, arched entryways, white window trim, a dark roof with dormers, an iron gate or railing, trees, and one distant person.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, purple color shift, gate shadowing, dust specks, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, or memory beat for prewar Atlantic City residential atmosphere.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for formal brick architecture and leisure-era home-movie sightseeing without proving the building's identity or use.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, and the property or building identity is not confirmed, so copyright, likeness, and property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Atlantic City home movie, vintage 8mm brick manor exterior, 1930s iron gate building, and New Jersey archival architecture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City exteriors, then related 1930s brick architecture, gates, and residential street-view footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame showing a brick manor-like exterior with arched openings and a distant person near the entrance. — A distant figure passes near arched openings in the brick facade.

1938 Atlantic City exterior view of a brick building with sash-style windows and arched openings partly obscured by a dark frame. — White-trimmed windows and arched openings are seen through a dark foreground edge.

1938 Atlantic City frame showing the upper brick facade, dark roofline, and dormer windows of a manor-like exterior. — Dormer windows and a steep dark roof sit above the brick wall.

1938 Atlantic City 8mm view of dormer windows, a dark roof, and brick walls with white-trimmed windows below. — The camera lingers on dormers and upper windows of the brick building.

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