Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Clock Tower with British Flag and Brick Building

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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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Clock Tower with British Flag and Brick Building — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: This vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a historic clock tower with a British flag waving atop, set against a cloudy sky. The clip transitions to a stately brick building with dormer windows and arched windows, partially framed by tree branches. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of a home movie, evoking a nostalgic 1930s Americana atmosphere. The sequence offers a quiet, observational glimpse of architectural landmarks in Atlantic City, perfect for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127265435

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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: Useful for 1930s Atlantic City architectural requests needing brief landmark-style exterior views from color 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip appears to show a clock tower with a flag and a formal brick building, with 1938 Atlantic City context supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the buildings from a visitor's ground-level perspective, holding on architectural details rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a clock tower, flag, cloudy sky, brick facade, dormer windows, arched windows, tree branches and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure and rounded frame edges that document the physical home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short architectural insert, location transition, travel-memory beat or period cutaway within a 1930s Atlantic City sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for public-facing architecture and tourist observation in Atlantic City without showing identifiable people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos or audible music are indicated, but building identification, property context and source copyright should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Atlantic City 8mm architecture, clock tower with flag, historic brick building exterior and 1930s New Jersey home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City exteriors, then broader 1930s urban architecture or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame showing a clock tower topped by a flag, with soft focus and dark film edges. — Clock tower and flag seen against a cloudy sky.

1938 Atlantic City view of a clock tower and flag, cropped by the 8mm frame edge and softened by the film scan. — Clock tower detail with flag near the top edge.

1938 Atlantic City frame showing a brick building with dormers and arched windows, partly screened by trees. — Brick building facade with dormers and tree cover.

1938 Atlantic City 8mm frame of a stately brick building, with dormer windows and trees framing the facade. — Brick building and dormer roofline framed by trees.

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