California USA-1936: Color Film Of Above Ground Portion Of Mine To Process Ore

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

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Color Film Of Above Ground Portion Of Mine To Process Ore — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1936, showing a grain elevator or industrial silo against a blue sky with scattered clouds. The clip captures the structure from a low angle, with visible film grain, scratches, and slight motion blur typical of archival Super 8 footage. The scene transitions from a close-up of the tower to a wider view of the industrial complex, including adjacent buildings and a dirt road, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century American industrial landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121505724

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California color 8mm footage for documentary or museum edits needing an exterior view of an ore-processing or industrial mine structure.
Period detail: The tall timber or painted industrial tower, attached sheds, open dirt ground, and utility pole may show a small mine or ore-processing site in prewar rural California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot, low-angle home-movie perspective that records the industrial structure as a brief travel or site-viewing observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall rectangular tower, roof vents, diagonal support rods or cables, attached sheds, open dirt ground, a utility pole, blue sky, and scattered clouds.
Film character: The scan carries a color 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, dust marks, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, industrial cutaway, or transition into a 1930s mining, labor, California, or resource-processing sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually places small-scale industrial processing infrastructure in an open California landscape without showing workers, signage, or identifiable company marks.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the industrial site and property status should still be reviewed separately from copyright and source-film licensing.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s California mine exterior, color 8mm ore processing plant, vintage industrial tower, and home movie mining footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California industrial views, then broader mining, ore-processing, and rural infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California home-movie frame showing the upper portion of a tall industrial tower against a blue sky. — Low-angle view of the upper tower section with roof vents and clouded sky.

Color 8mm frame from California showing the upper part of an industrial tower with diagonal supports under a clouded sky. — The tower remains centered in a low-angle view, with the film gate visible at the sides.

Wider 1936 California frame showing a tall ore-processing or industrial tower with adjoining low buildings and open dirt ground. — A wider view reveals the tower, attached shed structures, and open ground around the site.

1936 California home-movie frame showing a small industrial or mine-processing complex with tower, sheds, open ground, and utility pole. — The widest frame shows the industrial structure, adjacent buildings, and open landscape around the site.

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