Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Well Dressed Men In Suits Walking Through Courtyard

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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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Well Dressed Men In Suits Walking Through Courtyard — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: Vintage 8mm film captures a well-dressed man in a dark suit and hat walking through a courtyard outside a building with arched entryways. White patio furniture and a large umbrella sit on the stone patio, surrounded by greenery. The footage shows a man entering and exiting a doorway, with a second person briefly visible. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features the characteristic color shift and grain of 1930s home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life.

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: 127265466

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 American leisure-resort sequences needing a brief exterior courtyard moment with formally dressed men.
Period detail: The dark suits, brimmed hats, patio furniture, striped umbrella, and arched building facade support a late-1930s resort or hotel courtyard reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view as men move in and out of a doorway while the camera watches from a fixed courtyard angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include suited men, a doorway, arched awnings, white patio chairs, a large umbrella, paved courtyard, shrubs, and overhanging trees.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and a purple-blue color shift that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for prewar resort travel, hotel arrivals, or well-dressed public life.
Historical context: The footage shows formal dress and outdoor seating in a resort-like courtyard, offering social texture without identifying the building or people.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from personal or property rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Atlantic City home movie, 1930s men in suits, resort courtyard 8mm, and vintage hotel exterior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City exteriors, then broader 1930s resort, hotel, and formal-dress street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing a suited man near a courtyard doorway with white chairs, umbrella, awnings, and trees. — A suited man pauses near the courtyard entrance beside outdoor seating.

1938 Atlantic City frame with a well-dressed man near a building entrance, patio chairs, umbrella, shrubs, and arched awnings. — A man in formal dress moves through the courtyard entrance area.

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing a suited man walking past white patio chairs and a large umbrella outside a building. — The suited figure walks across the paved courtyard past outdoor chairs.

1938 Atlantic City frame showing two formally dressed figures near an exterior doorway, with white chairs, umbrella, shrubs, and awnings visible. — Two dressed figures are briefly visible by the courtyard entrance.

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