Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Women Dressed In Black Walk To Grass Where A Man

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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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Women Dressed In Black Walk To Grass Where A Man — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: Two women in elegant black dresses and hats walk through a sun-drenched outdoor courtyard, their formal attire suggesting a somber occasion. One woman briefly covers her face, possibly in grief or contemplation, while the other walks beside her. The scene shifts to a grassy area where a man in a light suit stands, observing. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a poignant moment with rich color tones and natural film grain, evoking 1930s Americana and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265486

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 home-movie requests needing formal adult figures outdoors for documentary, museum, education, or editorial context.
Period detail: The women's dark dresses, brimmed hats, gloves, and the man's light suit may show late-1930s formal outdoor attire in a resort or residential garden setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries unstaged home-movie value as two women walk toward the camera, one briefly shielding her face, before the view shifts to a man on a lawn.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two formally dressed women, dark hats, a light-trimmed hat, a courtyard or garden path, shrubs, a lawn, a man in a light suit, and a building entrance.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue-magenta color shift, visible grain, handheld framing, and contact-sheet gate edges that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, somber cutaway, transition from courtyard to lawn, or period insert for private social life in the 1930s.
Historical context: The scene suggests a formal outdoor gathering or visit, but the footage does not confirm an event, relationship, or reason for the dark clothing.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be identifiable, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from film copyright or archive licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Atlantic City 8mm home movie, women in formal black dresses, 1930s outdoor gathering, man on lawn, and vintage resort-era family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City material, then broader 1930s formal outdoor home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1938 Atlantic City home-movie footage, two women in dark formal clothing walk through an outdoor courtyard or garden area. — Two formally dressed women walk together outside near a building and plantings.

Two women in dark dresses and hats appear closer to camera in the Atlantic City garden setting, with one hat showing a light brim. — The women move nearer the camera in the outdoor garden area.

In the 1938 Atlantic City clip, the women approach in formal dress while one briefly covers or shields part of her face. — One woman faces the camera as the other raises her hand near her face.

The scene shifts to a grassy area where a man in a light suit faces camera and a woman in dark formal clothing stands with her back turned. — A man stands on the lawn as a woman in dark clothing faces away.

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