California USA-1936: Crane Lifting Cargo Near Railroad With Station One Mile Sign

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Crane Lifting Cargo Near Railroad With Station One Mile Sign — Clip Details

Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1936 shows a large industrial crane mounted on a railcar operating near a railroad track. The crane, marked with the number 13, lifts a heavy object while dust rises from the ground. A white sign reading 'STATION ONE MILE' stands in the background, with rolling hills and utility poles under a bright sky. The grainy, vintage film quality captures a moment of early 20th-century industrial work in a rural setting.

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: 121504942

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California industrial or railroad-related archival requests needing brief home-movie evidence of rail-mounted crane work in a rural landscape.
Period detail: The railcar crane, utility poles, open hills, black-and-white 8mm texture, and painted station-distance sign support a 1930s industrial work setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the machinery from a fixed roadside or trackside position, giving the scene the incidental value of a witness filming work in progress.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a numbered crane boom, railcar platform, suspended load or hook, dust near the ground, utility poles, rolling hills, and a STATION ONE MILE sign.
Film character: The clip has high-grain black-and-white 8mm texture, soft edge falloff, slight exposure variation, and a steady home-movie framing of moving machinery.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short industrial insert, railroad cutaway, rural infrastructure transition, or visual beat for Depression-era labor context.
Historical context: The footage shows mechanized work near rail infrastructure in a rural California setting without identifying the company, railroad line, or exact station.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any property or railroad-location implications before publication.
Research search match: Searches for 1930s California railroad crane footage, black-and-white 8mm industrial work, rural rail construction, or station sign home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel industrial or railroad shots, then 1936 California footage, then broader rural machinery and rail-infrastructure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a numbered railcar crane working near tracks, utility poles, open hills, and a STATION ONE MILE sign. — A rail-mounted crane operates near a roadside or trackside station-distance sign as dust rises in the background.

Black-and-white 1936 California frame of a crane marked 13 working near rail infrastructure, with dust, poles, hills, and a station-distance sign. — The crane boom angles across the frame while dust lifts from the ground near the station-distance sign.

1936 California home-movie frame showing a rail-mounted crane lowering its arm near dusty ground beside utility poles and a STATION ONE MILE sign. — The crane arm is lower in the frame, with the railcar platform at left and the station sign standing to the right.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from 1936 California showing a crane marked 13, a hanging hook or load, dust, utility poles, and a STATION ONE MILE sign. — The crane continues its trackside operation as dust spreads across the ground near the sign and poles.

Visually Similar Clips