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California USA-1938: Men Loading Farm Supplies on Pack Horse

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  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1938 · California, United States
  • StatusDirect License

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Men Loading Farm Supplies on Pack Horse — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1938, showing men loading farm supplies onto a pack horse in a forested mountain setting. The black-and-white film captures two men in period workwear and hats securing large sacks and gear onto the horse's back. The scene unfolds in a natural, wooded environment with pine trees in the background, showcasing a moment of rural labor and transportation. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, edge distortion, and authentic 1930s film quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into historical agricultural practices.

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
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121485713

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: 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 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note
1938
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1938 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
California, 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

  • horses
  • ride
  • material
  • men
  • animal
  • species
  • nature
  • cargo
  • farm
  • worn
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • california USA
  • 1938
  • 1938 California
  • vintage 8mm film
  • pack horse
  • farm supplies
  • rural labor
  • men loading cargo
  • forest setting
  • period workwear
  • historical footage
  • archival 1930s
  • Super 8 home movie
  • outdoor work
  • animal transport
  • old film grain
  • nostalgic Americana
  • mountain trail
  • vintage documentary
  • 8mm film
  • agricultural history
  • black and white footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California rural-life requests needing brief documentary inserts of pack-horse labor and mountain farm transport.
Period detail
The men's brimmed hats, work clothes, sacks, and use of a pack horse may show prewar rural transport practices in a forested California setting.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as the camera observes men adjusting cargo on a horse rather than posing for a formal record.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two or three men, a saddled pack horse, large sacks, straps or rope, a dirt path, shrubs, and tall conifer trees.
Film character
Black-and-white 8mm texture shows visible grain, soft focus, frame-edge darkening, and slight handheld instability typical of amateur 1930s footage.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a cutaway or transition for rural labor, animal-powered transport, mountain travel, or Depression-era daily work.
Historical context
The scene visually situates farm or trail supplies being moved by horse in a wooded landscape without proving the exact purpose of the journey.
Research note
People are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-license checks; no brands are apparent.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1930s 8mm California home movie pack horse, rural men loading cargo, mountain forest labor, and animal transport footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other 1938 California rural scenes, then broader footage of horses, farm work, forests, and historic transport.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 California home-movie footage, men in work clothes stand by a horse loaded with sacks in a forest setting.

Men gather beside a horse while cargo is secured in the forest.

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Two men appear to adjust or steady cargo on a pack horse in a wooded California setting from 1938 footage.

Men handle the loaded horse as it stands on a forest path.

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A man leans over the horse's load while another stands nearby in this 1938 California rural home-movie frame.

Cargo is adjusted on the horse while another man watches nearby.

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The pack horse stands between men in hats, with sacks visible across its back in 1938 California forest footage.

The loaded horse pauses between men after the cargo is arranged.

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