Reading Pennsylvania-1938: Two Nurses Holding Coats Get Off A White Car With

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

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Two Nurses Holding Coats Get Off A White Car With — Clip Details

Two nurses in white uniforms and caps walk along a street in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1938, carrying their coats. They emerge from a white vintage delivery car with 'ENSLEN'S CHEESE HOUSE' lettering on the side. The black-and-white 8mm home movie captures the scene with natural grain and a slightly shaky handheld camera movement, offering a candid glimpse of mid-20th century daily life and professional attire.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & 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: 127399716

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 documentary or editorial requests needing street-level professional life in Reading, Pennsylvania, with nurses beside a branded delivery car.
Period detail: The nurses' white uniforms and caps, the rounded delivery car, and the storefront lettering may show late-1930s urban commercial and medical attire details.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear aware of the camera as they step from the car and walk forward, giving the clip a casual home-movie encounter rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two nurses, white uniforms and caps, coats over arms, a light-colored delivery car, street pavement, building windows, and painted vehicle lettering.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, modest exposure variation, and handheld framing that shifts as the subjects move.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for everyday 1930s workwear, street life, or local business atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene places uniformed women in a public street setting with a local food-business vehicle, suggesting ordinary urban movement and service-era work routines.
Research note: People and a visible business name require likeness and trademark or brand review separate from any copyright status of the home-movie footage.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Reading Pennsylvania home movie, 1930s nurses street scene, vintage delivery car, and black-and-white 8mm professional uniforms.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Reading footage, then broader 1930s street scenes, nurses, uniforms, or delivery vehicles.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two nurses in white uniforms and caps stand by a light-colored delivery car in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1938. — Two uniformed nurses stand near a branded delivery car on the street.

Two nurses carrying coats walk toward the camera beside a lettered delivery car in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1938. — The nurses walk away from the car while carrying their coats.

A nurse in a white uniform walks past an Enslen's Cheese House delivery car in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1938. — A nurse passes the side of the delivery car with business lettering visible.

A nurse exits the frame near the light-colored delivery car while another vintage car passes in the 1938 Reading street scene. — The camera catches the nurse at frame edge with the delivery car and passing traffic behind her.

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