A woman in a belted floral dress sets off down a flagstone path from a white house, circa 1939.
1939 · New York, United States
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A smiling woman in a late-1930s print dress reaches the camera in front of a white shuttered house, circa 1939 — New York, 1939
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- 1939
- Location
- New York, United States
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- Still 4 · 5.30s into the source clip
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Late-1930s colour home movie, likely New York: a smiling woman in a floral print dress comes up close to the camera in sunlight.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 5.30 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Leaf shadows fall across the white wall as she walks toward the camera, circa 1939.
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She moves to the right of the frame as she nears the camera; a dust speck shows near the window, circa 1939.
1939 · New York, United States
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Source footage and archive context
New York-1939: Smiling Woman in Print Dress Walks From White House Toward Camera
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1939 New York.
Date documentation · estimated
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Period detail
The woman's belted short-sleeved floral dress and pinned-back hair fit the late 1930s, and the dark rounded car at left may be a vehicle of the period.
Film character
Handheld 8mm colour with visible grain, a magenta-violet colour cast, hard sunlight against near-black shade, focus that softens up close, and a single dust speck give it the texture of projected home-movie film.
Historical context
The shot shows a casual domestic moment captured on early amateur colour film, a format that came to 8mm in 1936 and made scenes like this possible for some households.
Research note
The woman and the man are unidentified but have recognisable faces, and the house and car are private property, so likeness and property considerations apply separately from the copyright in the film.
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