New York-1948: Man Wearing Brown Sweater And Sunglasses Smokes Cigarette While Driving

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Man Wearing Brown Sweater And Sunglasses Smokes... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a man in a brown sweater and sunglasses smoking a cigarette while riding in a vehicle. The interior is dimly lit, with strong backlighting from the windows creating silhouettes. The footage shows passengers looking out the windows, with one man in a suit briefly visible. The final frame reveals a coastal landscape with trees and water, suggesting a journey through New York. The grainy, color-bleached quality is characteristic of mid-century home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560443

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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing an interior travel moment with passengers and a brief coastal view.
Period detail: The clothing, sunglasses, cigarette, vehicle or train-like seating, and color 8mm texture may show late-1940s leisure travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged passengers looking out windows, with one man smoking and another turning toward the bright view outside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dim passenger windows, a smoking man in sunglasses, seated riders, a man in a jacket, bright exterior light, water, shoreline, and trees.
Film character: The footage has soft grain, strong window backlight, dark silhouettes, color fading, and handheld home-movie framing typical of scanned 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, transitional vehicle interior, memory beat, or cutaway from a journey to the waterfront.
Historical context: The scene suggests private mid-century travel or sightseeing, with adults riding past a coastal landscape in archival home-movie footage.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright and location or property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s New York home movie travel, 8mm passengers in vehicle, man smoking sunglasses, and coastal shoreline from window.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then New York 1948 travel footage, then broader mid-century vehicle interiors and waterfront views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a dim passenger interior with seated riders silhouetted against bright windows. — Passengers sit in shadow beside bright vehicle windows.

A dim 1948 New York travel frame with a partly visible adult man and seated passengers near bright windows. — A man stands or leans near passengers in a dark travel interior.

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a man in sunglasses smoking beside seated passengers in a dim travel interior. — A man in sunglasses smokes while passengers look toward the window.

1948 New York 8mm frame of a coastal shoreline with pale water, rocks, wind-shaped trees, and distant structures. — The view shifts to water and a low shoreline with trees.

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