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

  • Year1936
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1936 California
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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 Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121504942

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

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  • vintage 8mm crane operation
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  • 1936 industrial equipment
  • classic 8mm crane
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  • railroad station sign 1936
  • 8mm film dust cloud

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.

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.

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