Washington USA-1939: Construction Workers Operating Cement Mixer

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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Construction Workers Operating Cement Mixer — Clip Details

Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1939 shows workers constructing a building. Men in period work clothes and caps operate a cement mixer and handle construction materials on a dirt site. The grainy, high-contrast film captures authentic mid-century labor, with a vintage car and brick building visible in the background. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1930s construction work and everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & 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: 121489348

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: Yes
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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
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: Washington, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1930s U.S. construction labor, small building-site activity, or period public-works cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The workers' caps, overalls, cement mixer, dirt site, brick facade, and parked period automobile support a late-1930s Washington construction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes workers moving around a mixer from a candid home-movie distance, preserving ordinary labor gestures rather than staged demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several workers, a cement mixer, shovels or handled tools, dirt piles, brick walls, a sidewalk or street edge, a parked vintage car, and a marked bin.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows high contrast, soft focus, gate shadowing, and visible grain that give the short scene a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor cutaway, period construction transition, or memory beat within a sequence about everyday work.
Historical context: The clip visually places manual construction work beside street traffic and masonry buildings, suggesting small-scale urban or town development without proving the project type.
Research note: People and a visible marked bin require likeness and brand or trademark review; copyright status is separate and should not be assumed from the home-movie format.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Washington construction workers, black-and-white 8mm cement mixer footage, 1930s building site, and vintage labor home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Washington 1939 material, then with broader 1930s construction, street work, and manual labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Washington, 1939, workers gather at a construction site with dirt piles, equipment, and a street visible beyond the building edge. — Workers and equipment at the edge of a dirt construction site.

A worker in cap and work clothes handles a bucket beside a cement mixer, with another worker and a parked car visible near the street. — Worker handling material beside a cement mixer.

Workers in caps and overalls cluster around a cement mixer at a Washington construction site, with a marked bin and street background visible. — Construction workers working around the cement mixer.

At the construction site, one worker bends toward materials while others stand near the cement mixer, with a marked bin and street behind them. — Workers continue handling materials near the mixer.

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