New Jersey-1938: Two Women In Swimsuits At A Rocky Beach

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationNew Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 New Jersey

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Two Women In Swimsuits At A Rocky Beach — Clip Details

NEW JERSEY-1938: Two women in vintage swimsuits enjoy a sunny day at a rocky beach, captured on grainy 8mm film. One woman stands smiling near the water's edge while the other sits beside her, both exuding 1930s leisure. The scene unfolds on a pebbled shore with scattered driftwood, framed by the natural vignette of an old home movie. The footage captures candid moments of summer relaxation, with the women interacting casually in the bright sunlight. This authentic 8mm home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American beach culture, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267328

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: 1930s New Jersey beach leisure footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing candid home-movie views of women at the shoreline.
Period detail: The swimsuits, 8mm format, and black-and-white home-movie texture support a late-1930s reading, with the 1938 New Jersey date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The women sit and turn casually toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged family-film quality rather than a posed travel or newsreel scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women in one-piece swimsuits, a rocky shoreline, shallow water, driftwood, scattered flat stones, bright sun, and dark film-edge vignetting.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, high-contrast sun exposure, soft focus, visible gate edges, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, summer-memory beat, period lifestyle cutaway, or transition within a sequence about seaside recreation or family leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows casual outdoor recreation by adult women on a pebbled New Jersey shore, offering visual context for everyday beachgoing in the 1930s.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 New Jersey beach home movie, 1930s women swimsuits, vintage 8mm rocky shore, and Depression-era summer leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach material, then other 1938 New Jersey shoreline clips, then broader 1930s American leisure or swimsuit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult women in swimsuits sit on a rocky New Jersey shoreline in 1938 home-movie footage, one turned away and one nearer the camera. — Two women rest on a pebbled beach near the waterline.

On a rocky New Jersey beach in 1938, one woman smiles toward the camera while another sits with her back turned near scattered driftwood. — One woman looks toward the camera while her companion sits facing the water.

A woman in a swimsuit sits in bright sun on the rocky shore, facing the camera, with another seated figure partly cropped at the right edge. — A seated woman faces the home-movie camera on the rocky shoreline.

A woman in a swimsuit sits on the pebbled New Jersey shoreline in 1938 footage, with driftwood and shallow water visible behind her. — A woman sits near scattered stones and driftwood at the water's edge.

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