New Jersey-1938: Woman in Black Suit Smiles at Boy in Tan Suit Reflected in Water

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationNew Jersey, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 New Jersey

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Woman in Black Suit Smiles at Boy in Tan Suit Reflected... — Clip Details

A grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie from 1938 captures a candid moment in New Jersey. A woman in a dark suit smiles warmly at a young boy wearing a light-colored suit, their figures reflected in a puddle or wet surface. The shot is tilted, creating a distorted, dreamlike perspective. The vintage film shows classic Super 8 grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, intimate family memory from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267105

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New Jersey, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 New Jersey home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor family or social memory beat with reflected figures and candid human presence.
Period detail: The formal suits, black-and-white 8mm image, and metadata date may show late-1930s outdoor dress and amateur filming practice.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged exchange, with a smiling woman and a light-suited figure caught through a tilted reflection rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include reflected people, dark and light suits, a wet reflective surface, grass or ground texture, a walkway edge, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge shadows, and a tilted handheld composition that emphasize its original home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory insert, reflective transition, family-history cutaway, or atmospheric beat within a 1930s personal archive sequence.
Historical context: The footage suggests a casual outdoor social moment in New Jersey, with dress and posture offering visual context without identifying the people or setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to separate copyright or footage-license evaluation.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 New Jersey 8mm home movie, reflected people in water, woman in dark suit, outdoor family footage, and 1930s candid archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 New Jersey material, then broader 1930s outdoor family and reflection-themed footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New Jersey 8mm frame showing reflected outdoor figures, with a dark-suited woman near a light-suited person on a wet or glossy surface. — Reflected figures appear in a tilted outdoor home-movie frame.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from New Jersey showing an upside-down reflection of a light-suited figure beside a partial dark-clothed person. — A light-suited figure appears upside down in the reflective surface.

1938 New Jersey home-movie still with an upside-down reflected light-suited person, a nearby dark-clothed figure, and soft outdoor detail. — The reflected figure remains centered as the handheld view tilts across the scene.

Late-1930s New Jersey 8mm still showing a reflected light-suited figure on a wet surface, framed by grass, walkway edges, and dark film borders. — A tilted reflection turns the outdoor figure upside down within the home-movie frame.

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