Quebec-1938: People Walking Across Field, Others Standing in Formation

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Quebec Canada

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People Walking Across Field, Others Standing in Formation — Clip Details

QUEBEC-1938: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a wide, open field under bright daylight. Two individuals walk across the grassy expanse, one in a red shirt and another in dark clothing. The scene shifts to reveal a line of people in uniform standing at attention, suggesting a formal gathering or military drill. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and soft focus, with a dark vignette framing the edges. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century life in Quebec, ideal for historical documentaries or period pieces.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267807

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: Quebec, Canada 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 requests needing 1930s Quebec home-movie footage of an outdoor field gathering with walking figures and a uniformed line for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The wide field, distant houses, vintage color stock, and line of uniformed people may show a formal outdoor gathering in late-1930s Quebec.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as people cross the field and others stand still, giving the scene an unstaged spectator viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an open grass field, scattered trees, distant houses, walking figures, a dark-clothed person, a red-shirted figure, and a line of uniformed people.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, color fading, bright exposure, and dark rounded frame edges typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for outdoor civic, school, camp, or drill-like activity.
Historical context: The scene suggests a community or organized outdoor activity, but the specific group, purpose, and event are not identified in the visible frames.
Research note: People are visible and some appear uniformed, so likeness, institutional, and possible police or military context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1938 Quebec 8mm field gathering, vintage home movie people standing in line, and archival footage of uniformed group outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Quebec footage, then related outdoor gatherings or uniformed-group scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Quebec 8mm frame showing two distant figures crossing an open field with trees and houses in the background. — Two distant people cross a broad field in a home-movie view.

1938 Quebec home-movie frame with a line of uniformed people standing at attention on an open field. — A uniformed line stands still on the field near trees.

1938 Quebec 8mm frame showing a row of uniformed people standing together on a field with trees behind them. — The camera holds on the line of people standing in formation.

1938 Quebec home-movie frame with a distant uniformed line standing on a field under bright daylight. — The standing formation remains in view at the end of the clip.

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