Atlantic City New Jersey-1938: Men And Women Dressed In Hats And Suits Walking

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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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Men And Women Dressed In Hats And Suits Walking — Clip Details

ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY-1938: Vintage 8mm film captures a group of formally dressed men and women in hats and suits walking through an outdoor resort area. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows individuals strolling near large umbrellas and tables, with a building featuring arched doorways in the background. The color palette is heavily tinted purple and blue, typical of aged home movie film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The scene evokes a sense of 1930s leisure and social life, with people moving casually through a sunlit, tree-lined setting.

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: 127265538

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 resort-life requests needing brief editorial or documentary footage of formally dressed adults moving through an outdoor leisure setting.
Period detail: Men and women in hats, suits, and dress coats, along with cafe-style umbrellas and arched building entrances, may show late-1930s resort fashion and public social space.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as visitors or guests drift through frame, pause near tables, and move casually around a sunlit outdoor terrace.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in hats and formal coats, large fringed umbrellas, outdoor tables and chairs, trees, a pale building facade, arched doorways, and balcony railings.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy purple-blue color shift, soft focus, grain, gate shadows, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that mark it as aged amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for 1930s leisure, travel, resort society, or prewar American public life.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests formal adult leisure in an Atlantic City resort setting without confirming the venue, occasion, or identities of the people shown.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Atlantic City home movie, 1930s resort guests, vintage 8mm people in hats, and prewar New Jersey leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Atlantic City or 1938 footage, then with 1930s resort, travel, formal dress, or leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Atlantic City home-movie frame showing adults in dark formal clothing near terrace tables and fringed umbrellas. — Adults in hats and coats gather near outdoor resort seating and umbrellas.

A formally dressed adult stands on a terrace near a table and umbrellas in the Atlantic City resort setting. — A hat-wearing figure stands beside terrace furniture under bright outdoor light.

1938 resort terrace view with a formally dressed adult framed by large umbrellas, tables, chairs, and trees. — A lone figure stands among terrace furniture and large fringed umbrellas.

Atlantic City resort building facade with arched entrances, balcony railings, shrubs, and adults near the doors. — People stand near arched doorways beneath balconies on a resort building facade.

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