Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Couple Strolls Through Tree-Lined Park

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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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Couple Strolls Through Tree-Lined Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a dark dress and wide-brimmed hat standing on a paved walkway in a park. She holds a small purse and turns to walk along the path, joined by a man in a light suit. The pair stroll away from the camera through a lush, tree-lined landscape under a soft sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic 1930s aesthetic, offering authentic archival material for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

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: 127265506

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: 1930s Atlantic City home-movie park footage suited to documentary inserts about leisure, dress, and everyday outdoor recreation.
Period detail: The woman’s dark dress, heeled shoes, and wide-brimmed hat may show late-1930s formal daywear in a landscaped public park setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as the woman turns on the walkway and joins a man for a slow stroll away from the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved path, manicured lawn, mature trees, a woman with a purse, a man in a light suit, shrubs, and soft daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight handheld framing, and contact-print density shifts typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short period cutaway, transition, or reflective memory beat for 1930s leisure, courtship, or travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for middle-class outdoor dress and park strolling without showing identifiable landmarks or specific public events.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from appearance releases.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Atlantic City park walk, 1930s home movie couple strolling, 8mm woman hat purse, and vintage New Jersey recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Atlantic City material, then broader 1930s park, walking, and dressed leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 Atlantic City home-movie footage, a woman in formal daywear stands near the edge of a curved park path. — Woman pauses on a paved park walkway before turning to walk.

The woman turns away from the camera on a landscaped Atlantic City park path, with trees and open lawn in the background. — Woman turns along the park path, viewed from behind.

A man in a light suit and a woman in dark attire walk away together along a curved park path in 1938 Atlantic City footage. — The pair walk away together through the landscaped park.

The couple continues down the curved walkway, surrounded by lawn, shrubs, and trees in soft, faded 8mm color. — Man and woman continue their walk away from the camera.

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