Reading Pennsylvania-1938: View Of White Hotel Berkshire Sign On A Clear Day

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationReading, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Reading Pennsylvania

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View Of White Hotel Berkshire Sign On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a bustling street scene in Reading, Pennsylvania. Pedestrians in period attire—women in hats and coats, men in suits—walk past the Hotel Berkshire entrance. A white delivery van for Enssler Cheese House is parked nearby, with a man loading or unloading goods. The black-and-white footage shows classic automobiles and urban architecture, conveying a nostalgic slice of mid-20th century American life. The grainy texture and slight camera shake add to the authentic archival feel.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127399555

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Reading, Pennsylvania, 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 American city-life requests needing a brief street-level insert with hotel signage, pedestrians, delivery activity, and period automobiles in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Period detail: Visible period clues include formal hats and coats, men in suits, older automobiles, a projecting Hotel Berkshire sign, and a delivery vehicle for Enssler Cheese House.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged sidewalk viewpoint, catching passersby, a worker near a delivery vehicle, and pedestrians moving through a busy hotel entrance area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Hotel Berkshire sign, pedestrians in hats and suits, parked automobiles, an Enssler Cheese House delivery vehicle, storefront architecture, and a clear daytime sidewalk.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld instability, and contact-print framing that reinforce its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, city sidewalk cutaway, transition into 1930s Pennsylvania material, or memory beat for urban daily life.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary public street activity around a downtown hotel entrance, with visible dress, vehicles, and delivery commerce from the late-1930s setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and hotel and business signage appear, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-identification review may be needed by use case.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Reading Pennsylvania street scene, Hotel Berkshire sign, 1930s pedestrians, 8mm home movie downtown, and vintage delivery truck footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Reading, Pennsylvania 1938 street scenes, then broader 1930s hotel, pedestrian, and delivery-service material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Reading, Pennsylvania street view with pedestrians, parked automobiles, Hotel Berkshire signage, and an Enssler Cheese House vehicle. — Pedestrians move along the sidewalk outside the Hotel Berkshire entrance.

Street-level 1938 Reading view with a woman approaching the camera, hotel signage overhead, pedestrians, and parked cars nearby. — A woman walks toward the camera as hotel and delivery signage remain visible.

1938 Reading sidewalk scene with a woman close to camera, the Hotel Berkshire sign above, and delivery activity near parked vehicles. — The sidewalk crowd shifts as a woman passes close to the home-movie camera.

1938 Reading, Pennsylvania street scene showing pedestrians, a hotel entrance sign, parked automobiles, and an Enssler Cheese House vehicle. — Pedestrians and parked vehicles fill the sidewalk view outside Hotel Berkshire.

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