Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Panning Backyard Patio Area Slowly

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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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Panning Backyard Patio Area Slowly — Clip Details

Panning slowly across a sun-drenched backyard patio in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1938, this 8mm home movie captures a tranquil moment of mid-century domestic life. White patio furniture and a large umbrella are arranged on a grassy lawn, with trees and a house visible in the background. The footage exhibits a distinct purple-blue color cast, characteristic of early color film, with soft focus and visible grain. A few people are seated in the distance, enjoying the outdoor space. The camera movement is smooth and deliberate, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet afternoon from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265443

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: Supports 1930s Atlantic City home-movie requests needing a quiet domestic exterior, patio, or backyard leisure cutaway for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The patio umbrella, rounded lawn chairs, garden layout, and house exterior may show late-1930s middle-class outdoor leisure details.
Home-movie behavior: The slow pan observes people seated at a distance in an informal backyard setting, preserving an unstaged family or visitor perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a house facade, lawn, patio umbrella, outdoor chairs, trees, shrubs, and distant seated people.
Film character: The 8mm footage has a strong purple-blue color cast, soft focus, visible grain, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, domestic-life cutaway, transition, or reflective memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows outdoor relaxation around a residential patio, offering visual context for private leisure spaces in prewar-era home movies.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Atlantic City backyard patio, 1930s 8mm home movie lawn furniture, and vintage family garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Atlantic City 1938 material, and then with other backyard, patio, or family leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing a backyard patio with white umbrella, lawn chairs, trees, and distant seated people. — A shaded backyard patio with lawn chairs and an umbrella appears beyond the trees.

Atlantic City backyard patio in 1938 with white umbrella, outdoor chairs, house facade, trees, and people seated in the background. — The pan centers on the patio umbrella and chairs outside the house.

1938 backyard view in Atlantic City showing a lawn, umbrella-shaded patio furniture, trees, shrubs, and the house exterior. — The camera continues across the lawn toward the umbrella and garden plantings.

Atlantic City 1938 home-movie frame with a backyard lawn, white patio umbrella, chairs, trees, shrubs, and distant seated people. — The final view places the chairs and umbrella beside trees and low garden beds.

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