New Jersey-1938: Boy and Man near Fountain

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

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Boy and Man near Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a young boy and an older man in a quiet outdoor moment. The black-and-white footage shows them near a small fountain or water feature, with the boy in light-colored clothing and the man in a dark suit. The image is inverted, suggesting a flipped camera or projection, with visible film grain and edge vignetting typical of Super 8 home movies. The scene evokes a nostalgic, candid slice of mid-20th century American life.

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: 127267109

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New Jersey home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor family or neighborhood moment with two male figures near a small fountain or garden feature.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm format, and metadata-supported 1938 date place this as late-1930s amateur footage, though no landmark or event is identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie pause as a younger male and an older man stand near an outdoor water feature while the camera records casually.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two male figures, a small fountain or water feature, garden edging, planted groundcover, dark clothing, light clothing, and heavy frame vignetting.
Film character: The footage has a soft black-and-white 8mm texture with visible grain, uneven exposure, edge vignetting, and an inverted contact-frame presentation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, family-life insert, or transitional cutaway for stories about 1930s American domestic or neighborhood life.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of outdoor leisure or family documentation in New Jersey, without enough visual evidence to identify the property or occasion.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from any likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 New Jersey 8mm home movie, black-and-white older man near fountain, vintage outdoor family footage, and 1930s American home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other New Jersey 1938 clips, then broader 1930s outdoor family and garden home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Inverted 1938 New Jersey 8mm frame showing two male figures near a small fountain or garden water feature. — Two male figures stand near a small outdoor fountain in an inverted black-and-white home-movie frame.

Inverted 1938 New Jersey home-movie frame showing an older man near a small fountain and planted outdoor area. — An older man appears beside the fountain and garden border as the handheld frame remains inverted.

Inverted 1938 New Jersey 8mm frame with two male figures partly visible near a fountain and garden planting. — The two figures remain near the fountain, with the garden edge and planted area filling much of the frame.

Inverted 1938 New Jersey home-movie frame showing a man and partial second figure beside a small outdoor fountain. — A man stands by the small fountain while another figure is partly cropped at the edge of the frame.

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