New Jersey-1938: People On Wooden Dock Over Body Of Water One Person On Float In

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

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People On Wooden Dock Over Body Of Water One Person On... — Clip Details

NEW JERSEY-1938: A grainy 8mm home movie captures a sun-drenched day at a wooden dock. People relax on the planks, some in swimwear, while one individual floats on a board in the water. The black-and-white footage shows a classic 1930s leisure scene with a distinct vintage film texture, evoking nostalgia for early 20th-century Americana. The camera remains steady, observing the quiet recreation of a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267315

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 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 leisure, summer recreation, dock life, swimming, and home-movie cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The swimwear, wooden dock, simple towels, and black-and-white 8mm look may show late-1930s casual waterfront recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged lounging, sunning, and floating, with people behaving casually rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden dock, seated sunbathers, swimwear, towels, a ladder, water, scattered belongings, and a person floating on a board.
Film character: The clip has coarse 8mm grain, soft focus, dark frame edges, and steady home-movie framing that give it physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for summer leisure, waterfront recreation, or prewar family life.
Historical context: The footage visually places ordinary recreational time on a dock, showing relaxed social behavior around swimming and sunning without a formal event.
Research note: People and some faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or private property claims apparent.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 New Jersey dock footage, 8mm swimming scene, 1930s sunbathers, home movie waterfront, and person floating in water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel waterfront material, then other New Jersey 1938 clips, then broader 1930s swimming and dock leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New Jersey home-movie frame showing a dock edge, rippling water, and a person floating on a board beyond a foreground figure. — A person floats on a board in the water while another figure sits near the dock edge.

1938 New Jersey dock scene with seated sunbathers in swimwear, towels on the planks, water behind them, and a metal ladder at the edge. — People relax on a wooden dock beside the water with towels and belongings around them.

1938 New Jersey home-movie frame showing several people in swimwear resting on dock planks near water, towels, and a ladder. — Sunbathers sit and lie on the dock during a quiet waterfront leisure moment.

1938 New Jersey waterfront frame showing people on a wooden dock, some seated or lying down, with towels, belongings, and water behind them. — A small group remains on the dock, with one person standing and others sunning or seated nearby.

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