Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Historic Clock Tower with Clock Face

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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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Historic Clock Tower with Clock Face — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: This vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a historic clock tower with white walls and a black roof, its face showing the time. The camera tilts upward, revealing the tower's architectural details, including dormer windows and a classic clock face, against a pale sky. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of 1930s home movie footage. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a mid-century American landmark, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or vintage storytelling.

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: 127265427

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: 1930s Atlantic City home-movie footage useful for requests needing an exterior architectural cutaway, clock tower detail, or period urban landmark atmosphere.
Period detail: The steep dark roof, dormer windows, red brick walls, white tower, and analog clock face may show late-1930s resort-area architecture as filmed by a visitor.
Home-movie behavior: The upward-tilting, slightly off-center framing gives the clip the value of a visitor's gaze studying a notable building detail rather than a staged architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white clock tower, red brick wall sections, dark pitched roof, dormer windows, multi-pane tower windows, pale sky, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing provide authentic 8mm archival texture from a short home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition beat, or quiet visual marker for Atlantic City travel memory.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a clock-tower building within Atlantic City travel footage without confirming the building's identity or original use from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should separately assess copyright status and any property or location permissions for their project.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 Atlantic City 8mm clock tower, New Jersey home movie building exterior, vintage resort architecture, and 1930s landmark cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City exteriors, then broader 1930s travel and architectural home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing a white tower rising from a dark pitched roof with dormer windows and red brick wall sections. — White tower and dormer windows on a dark-roofed building.

1938 Atlantic City frame with the upper white tower, dark roof, dormer windows, and pale sky seen through soft 8mm color. — Upper tower and roofline with dormer windows.

1938 Atlantic City frame showing the clock face and upper portion of a white tower, with dark roofing visible near the bottom edge. — Clock face on the tower viewed from below.

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame centering the white clock tower, dark cap, clock face, and tower window against a washed pale sky. — Centered view of the white clock tower and clock face.

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