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California USA-1939: Man Stands In Field To Film Farm And Harvest Machine

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 California
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Man Stands In Field To Film Farm And Harvest Machine — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage from California showing a man standing in a vast agricultural field, filming farm machinery at work. The grainy black-and-white film captures early 20th-century farming technology, including a combine harvester operating in the distance. The scene unfolds under a flat, overcast sky, with the man positioned as a solitary figure against the expansive landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, soft focus, and natural camera shake—evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of rural American life offers a rare glimpse into agricultural practices of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Black & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121487470

Rights & Clearance

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
may
Reel-level year note
1939
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1939 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • agriculture
  • technology
  • season
  • crops
  • man
  • stands
  • field
  • farm
  • harvest
  • machine
  • california USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 California farm footage
  • vintage 8mm home movie
  • agricultural machinery 1939
  • black and white farm film
  • vintage farming equipment
  • 1930s American agriculture
  • archival 8mm footage
  • old farm documentary
  • vintage harvest scene
  • classic Super 8 film
  • rural California 1939
  • man filming farm
  • agricultural history footage
  • 1939 vintage film
  • old 8mm movie
  • historical farming
  • grainy 8mm footage
  • vintage documentary clip
  • 1930s farm life
  • agricultural technology 1939

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s rural California archive requests needing home-movie views of agricultural fields, distant farm machinery, and a person filming in an open landscape.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California 8mm frame showing distant farm machinery across an open agricultural field under a flat sky.
Distant machinery sits or moves across an open farm field.

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