California USA-1939: Harvesting Grain With A Big Combine Harvester In A Dusty Field

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Harvesting Grain With A Big Combine Harvester In A Dusty... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1939 shows farmers harvesting grain in a dusty field. A large tractor pulls a combine harvester across the crop, with workers visible on the machinery. The grain is being collected and processed under a bright sky. The footage has a grainy, monochrome look typical of 1930s amateur film, with visible film grain and edge damage. This authentic archival clip captures a moment of agricultural labor during the Great Depression era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121487512

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s agricultural production requests needing real California home-movie footage of mechanized grain harvesting and field labor.
Period detail: The tractor-drawn combine, open machinery positions, and monochrome 8mm look support the 1939 rural California setting noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes workers and machinery from a distance, giving the sequence an unstaged farm-field perspective rather than a posed industrial view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dusty grain field, tractor, combine harvester, workers on the machinery, crop rows, open sky, and heavy film frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, film grain, exposure haze, dust, and contact-sheet edge artifacts give the clip a strong physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or transition for mechanized agriculture, harvest labor, or Depression-era rural context.
Historical context: The footage shows mechanized harvesting work in an open field, reflecting everyday agricultural labor without proving a specific farm, owner, or event.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location or property questions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s California grain harvest, 8mm farm machinery footage, tractor combine harvester, and vintage agricultural labor film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby frames from the same reel, then other California 1939 material, then broader 1930s agriculture and harvest machinery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California home-movie frame showing a tractor-drawn combine crossing a dusty grain field with workers faintly visible. — A tractor pulls harvesting machinery through a hazy grain field.

A tractor and combine harvester continue across a dusty California grain field, with workers positioned on the machinery. — Harvesting equipment advances through dust with workers aboard.

A closer 1939 California farm view shows workers riding on harvesting equipment behind a tractor in a grain field. — Workers ride the harvest machinery as the tractor moves forward.

A worker is faintly visible on the combine machinery in a dusty California grain harvest scene from the 1939 home movie. — Dust and soft exposure partially obscure a worker on the combine.

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