West Virginia-1938: Old Brick Building Exterior with Sunlight and Shadows

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

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Old Brick Building Exterior with Sunlight and Shadows — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures the exterior of an old brick building in West Virginia. Sunlight filters through tree branches, casting dappled shadows across the weathered red brick wall and a barred window. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural film imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century architecture and everyday life. The camera remains steady, focusing on the textured facade and the interplay of light and shadow.

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: 127268423

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 (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: West Virginia, 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 Appalachian or small-town exterior cutaways needing non-human architectural atmosphere from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The barred window, aged brickwork, simple exterior pipes, and vine growth may show an older utilitarian building facade recorded in West Virginia in 1938.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds on an ordinary wall surface from a casual observer's position, preserving texture, light, and place without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red brick walls, a barred window, exterior pipes, climbing vines or branches, dappled sunlight, deep shadows, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Warm 8mm color, soft focus, exposure variation, gate edges, and visible grain give the shot a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for older buildings and regional place texture.
Historical context: The footage offers a small visual record of everyday built environment rather than a named landmark or documented event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm West Virginia brick building exterior, barred window, old wall, sunlight shadows, and home-movie architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 West Virginia exteriors, then broader 1930s brick architecture or everyday place studies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing an old red brick exterior with vines, pipes, and dappled sunlight across the wall. — Sunlight and branch shadows fall across a brick exterior wall.

Overexposed 1938 West Virginia frame of a brick facade with barred window detail and diffuse tree-shadow patterns. — A bright, hazy view of the brick facade and barred window area.

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame showing brickwork, vine growth, pipework, and the top of a window opening in sunlight. — Vines and pipework cross the sunlit brick wall above a window.

1938 West Virginia frame of an old brick building exterior with a barred window, pipework, vine clusters, and warm 8mm color. — A barred window and exterior pipes stand out against the red brick wall.

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