Washington-1938: Woman Smoking in Field While Animal Runs

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

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Woman Smoking in Field While Animal Runs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this grainy black-and-white home movie captures a quiet outdoor scene. A woman in period attire appears briefly, smiling as she smokes, set against a backdrop of green trees and open fields. The footage shows natural movement with wind rustling the leaves, and a small animal scurries across the frame. The image is framed by a dark vignette, typical of vintage Super 8 home movies, with visible film grain and slight overexposure in the sky. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life in the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414636

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: Washington, 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

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 1930s Washington home-movie requests needing a brief rural outdoor insert with a woman, trees, water or open land, and period 8mm texture.
Period detail: The woman's clothing and cigarette may show late-1930s casual outdoor behavior, while the setting remains broadly rural or lakeside rather than a named landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with a person briefly smiling near the camera before the view shifts to the surrounding trees and water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman at a doorway or wall, dark vertical film edges, trees, bright sky, water or open field, shoreline, and heavy grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows strong grain, dark rounded edge vignetting, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, rural-life cutaway, transition from a person to landscape, or atmospheric 1930s home-movie insert.
Historical context: The footage offers a small domestic or recreational glimpse of outdoor life in Washington in 1938, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact place or event.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no brands or music are apparent; copyright, privacy, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Washington 8mm home movie, woman smoking outdoors, rural lakeside trees, black-and-white family film, and vintage landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Washington material, then broader 1930s outdoor home movies with people, trees, water, or fields.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a woman partly visible near a dark wall or doorway, with heavy grain and vignetted film edges. — A woman appears briefly near a dark exterior surface in a grainy 8mm frame.

1938 Washington 8mm frame with a dim wall or doorway area, faint trees or exterior shapes, and strong dark film-edge vignetting. — The camera holds on a dim exterior surface with little detail beyond film grain and edge shadow.

A woman is seen in profile beside a dark wall or doorway.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing trees near bright water or open field, with a distant hillside and dark film-edge vignette. — Trees and a distant hillside appear beyond a bright lakeside or field view.

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