West Virginia-1938: Park Bench Amid Red Foliage and Stone Pathway

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Park Bench Amid Red Foliage and Stone Pathway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene garden scene in West Virginia. A white stone bench sits at the end of a winding stone pathway, surrounded by lush green grass, manicured bushes, and vibrant red and orange foliage. Bare tree branches frame the view in the foreground, adding depth to the composition. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and quiet contemplation. This archival clip offers authentic period atmosphere for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-accurate visuals.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127268337

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: West Virginia, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s West Virginia home-movie requests needing a quiet garden cutaway, park detail, or contemplative outdoor transition.
Period detail: The clipped view may show a landscaped public or residential garden with a stone path, white bench, clipped shrubs, and ornamental planting visible in 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers from a partially obscured vantage point, giving the scene the unstaged feel of a visitor pausing to record a scenic garden detail.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white bench, winding stone path, green lawn, trimmed bushes, red foliage, bare branches, and dark film-edge framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight gate framing, and gentle handheld variation that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, reflective transition, scenic cutaway, or memory beat between broader 1930s outdoor sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a manicured garden setting and leisure landscape rather than a public event, with no people or signage visible in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property-use concerns for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 West Virginia 8mm garden footage, vintage park bench, stone walkway, red foliage, and quiet home-movie landscape cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 West Virginia scenes, then related garden, park, foliage, and pathway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing a white bench at the end of a stone path amid shrubs, lawn, and red foliage. — A white garden bench sits beyond a winding stone path, framed by shrubs and red foliage.

1938 West Virginia garden view with a white bench, curved stone path, clipped bushes, red foliage, and overhead branches. — The path and bench remain centered as branches and shrubs frame the garden view.

Vintage 8mm garden frame from West Virginia showing a white bench, stone walkway, lawn, and dense shrubs in reddish foliage. — A garden bench and walkway are seen through a partially obstructed home-movie frame.

1938 West Virginia frame with bare branches in front of a landscaped garden, a white bench, shrubs, and a stone path. — Foreground branches cross a landscaped garden view with a white bench and foliage beyond.

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