California USA-1936: Farm Workers Operating Tractor In Field

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

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Farm Workers Operating Tractor In Field — Clip Details

Black-and-white 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1936, showing farm workers in a vast agricultural field. A man in a cap stands near a large tractor or planter, then raises his arms in a gesture of triumph or exhaustion. Another worker in a wide-brimmed hat handles equipment near a wooden structure. The grainy, high-contrast visuals and film scratches capture the authentic texture of vintage 8mm footage. Workers operate machinery under an open sky, with a flat horizon stretching behind them. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century American farm labor and rural life.

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: 121506390

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California agricultural labor requests needing real 8mm field work, machinery operation, and rural workday atmosphere.
Period detail: The clothing, open field, and tractor or planter equipment may show Depression-era farm labor and mechanized field work in California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, with workers glancing toward the camera, handling equipment, and one man raising both arms in the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include farm workers, a tractor or planter, a wooden platform or canopy, flat cultivated fields, work clothes, hats, and open sky.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows coarse grain, high contrast, soft focus, frame-edge vignetting, and scratches from the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, or memory beat for agricultural labor, rural California, or early mechanized farming sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents workers and machinery in a broad agricultural landscape without confirming employer, crop, ownership, or labor conditions.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s California farm workers, black-and-white 8mm tractor footage, vintage agricultural field labor, and home-movie farm machinery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1936 California material, then broader 1930s farming and field labor clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1936 California farm footage, a man in a cap stands near large field equipment and raises both arms against a flat horizon. — A farm worker gestures with both arms beside machinery in a wide field.

A worker in a wide-brimmed hat appears to handle field equipment beside a dark vertical structure in the California farm scene. — A worker leans toward equipment near the side of a machine or structure.

Workers gather around a tractor, planter, or field rig with a simple canopy in 1936 California agricultural footage. — Workers handle machinery around a canopied field rig.

A distant worker and farm equipment appear small against a broad California field and flat horizon in black-and-white 8mm footage. — A worker and equipment sit low on the horizon of a broad agricultural field.

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