Washington USA-1939: Civil Engineers Working On Construction Site With Cement Mixer

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

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Civil Engineers Working On Construction Site With Cement... — Clip Details

Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Washington USA shows a group of civil engineers and laborers working on a construction site. Men in hats and work clothes operate a cement mixer and shovel materials, with a vintage automobile visible in the background. The grainy, high-contrast film captures the authentic atmosphere of a mid-20th century construction project, offering a nostalgic glimpse into historical labor practices and industrial equipment.

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: 121489369

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 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 1930s U.S. construction, public works, labor, engineering, or industrial-process sequences needing authentic home-movie material.
Period detail: Visible era clues include brimmed hats, work overalls, a small open cement mixer, masonry walls, and a parked vintage automobile consistent with the 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes workers from close range as they shovel and handle equipment, giving the clip an unstaged, on-site home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Frames show adult men in work clothes, shovels, a cement mixer, piles of aggregate, brick or concrete buildings, equipment wheels, and a vintage car.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows coarse grain, strong sunlight, high contrast, soft edges, and handheld motion typical of amateur physical-film footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, industrial transition, or period memory beat within a 1930s construction sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents manual construction-site activity with men operating small machinery and hand tools rather than making broader claims about the project.
Research note: Adult faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no readable logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Washington construction site, 8mm cement mixer footage, Depression-era labor, civil engineers, and vintage public works imagery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington 1939 footage, then other 1930s U.S. construction, labor, and industrial equipment scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Washington footage, adult workers in hats stand near shovels, aggregate, a cement mixer, and a parked vintage car. — Workers gather beside shovels, aggregate, and a cement mixer on a sunlit construction site.

Adult laborers appear to shovel aggregate beside a cement mixer on a Washington construction site, with a 1930s car behind them. — Laborers work around the mixer while a vintage car sits beyond the construction area.

A worker in a brimmed hat crosses in front of the cement mixer as other men stand near the machinery and material pile. — A worker passes the camera while the mixer and construction crew remain active behind him.

The handheld camera blurs slightly as workers and the cement mixer move through the frame at the Washington construction site. — Motion blur catches the crew and cement mixer as the camera shifts across the work area.

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