California USA-1936: Black And White Old Town Chevrolet Car Company Driving Cars

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Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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Black And White Old Town Chevrolet Car Company Driving Cars — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1936, capturing a vintage street scene. The clip features a man in a hat standing near a garage sign, followed by views of the Lampa Chevrolet Motor Co. dealership with classic automobiles and workers in period attire. The grainy, high-contrast film shows a bustling small-town commercial district with storefronts, awnings, and early 20th-century vehicles, offering authentic archival footage of mid-1930s Americana and automotive history.

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: 121504818

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1936 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports 1930s California street-scene requests needing brief documentary or educational footage of small-town automobile commerce and period storefront activity.
Period detail: Visible era clues include black-and-white 8mm photography, Chevrolet dealership signage, older automobiles, street awnings, work clothing, and hats consistent with the supplied 1936 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an informal street-level home-movie viewpoint, observing workers, passing cars, and storefronts without staged presentation.
What appears in frame: The frames show Lampa Chevrolet Motor Co. signage, a garage or service area, period cars, men in hats, storefront awnings, a brick wall, and a sidewalk sign reading used good cars.
Film character: The clip has high-contrast black-and-white 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserves the physical character of the original film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, automotive-history cutaway, town-commerce transition, or memory beat within a 1930s Americana sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually situates automobile sales and service within a California commercial district, showing how branded dealerships and repair spaces appeared in everyday street life.
Research note: People and Chevrolet-related branding are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location-identification questions should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1936 California 8mm street scene, black-and-white Chevrolet dealership footage, 1930s automobile service garage, and small-town commercial district home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1936 California street scenes, and finally with broader 1930s automobile, dealership, garage, and storefront material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1936 California home-movie frame showing a bright street scene with Chevrolet signage, period automobiles, and people near a commercial garage or dealership area. — Street scene near Chevrolet signage and parked cars.

Black-and-white 1936 California frame with Lampa Chevrolet Motor Co. signage, older cars, equipment, and men in work clothes and hats near the dealership frontage. — Lampa Chevrolet Motor Co. with cars and workers.

Black-and-white 1936 California street frame showing storefront awnings across the road, a signpost, a brick wall, and part of a period car in the foreground. — Commercial storefronts viewed from beside a parked car.

Black-and-white 1936 California home-movie frame showing a man in a hat beside a period car near a brick wall, storefront windows, and a sidewalk sign advertising used good cars. — Man beside car near used-car sign.

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