New Jersey-1938: Elderly Man Preparing to Jump from Platform

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

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Elderly Man Preparing to Jump from Platform — Clip Details

NEW JERSEY-1938: An elderly man in a light-colored shirt and trousers carefully steps off a wooden diving platform while a woman in a vintage swimsuit watches. Shot on 8mm film, this archival footage captures a quiet moment in a sun-dappled garden with dense trees and foliage. The woman, holding a white cap, stands near the edge as the man prepares to jump. The grainy black-and-white image, with natural lighting and a slightly shaky camera, evokes a nostalgic 1930s home movie feel. The scene suggests a private family outing or leisure activity at a backyard pool.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267601

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 leisure, family outing, or backyard pool sequences needing brief archival home-movie evidence of older adults near a diving platform.
Period detail: The swimwear, high-waisted trousers, tucked shirt, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie setting, consistent with the supplied 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family-observation value as a woman waits beside the platform while an older man moves cautiously at the edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden platform, an older man in light shirt and trousers, a woman in a one-piece swimsuit, a white swim cap, grass, dense trees, and bright sunlight.
Film character: The footage has 8mm home-movie texture with coarse grain, high-contrast sunlight, soft focus, slight gate framing, and handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for private recreation, aging, summer leisure, or family-film sequences.
Historical context: The scene may show a private outdoor swimming or leisure area where adults gather informally, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific property or event.
Research note: Faces and likenesses are visible, so use may require review separate from copyright status; no logos or readable brands are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 New Jersey home movie, 8mm backyard pool platform, elderly man jumping, vintage swimsuit woman, and 1930s family leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New Jersey 1938 home movies, then broader 1930s swimming, summer leisure, and family-outing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 New Jersey home-movie footage, a woman in a swimsuit holds a white cap as an older man stands partly cropped on a wooden platform. — A woman waits near the platform while the man approaches the edge.

In 1938 New Jersey, an older man in a light shirt and trousers stands near a woman in a swimsuit by a wooden platform and trees. — The man and woman pause beside the wooden platform in the garden setting.

The woman bends toward a small fixture near the platform as the older man watches from the sunlit wooden edge. — The woman reaches down near the platform while the man waits above.

In the final frame, the woman walks away carrying a white cap as the older man stands on the wooden platform amid trees. — The woman leaves the edge while the man remains on the platform.

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