California USA-1936: Farm Workers Operating Vintage Machinery in Dusty Field

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

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Farm Workers Operating Vintage Machinery in Dusty Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1936, showing agricultural workers operating early 20th-century farm machinery in a dusty field. The black-and-white film captures men working on a large harvesting machine and a smaller tractor under a bright sky, with visible film grain and edge damage typical of archival Super 8 footage. The scene reflects rural labor during the Great Depression era, offering authentic historical documentation of farming practices and daily life in the 1930s.

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: 121506471

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1930s California agriculture requests needing authentic home-movie views of field labor and early farm machinery for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The open field, exposed operator platforms, steel-wheeled harvesting rig, and small crawler tractor may show Depression-era mechanized farm work.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes workers from a fixed home-movie distance as they tend machinery in motion, giving the scene an unstaged record of routine field labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large harvesting machine, workers on platforms, a small crawler tractor, open dusty ground, bright sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft contrast, heavy grain, gate edges, scratches, and contact-sheet framing that emphasize its physical-film origin.
Edit role: Useful as a brief insert, agricultural labor cutaway, period transition, or contextual beat within a sequence about rural work and mechanization.
Historical context: The footage visually places workers and machinery in a dry California field, suggesting rural labor and mechanized farming without identifying a crop or farm.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s California farm workers, 8mm agricultural machinery, vintage harvesting equipment, and rural field labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then California 1936 material, then broader 1930s agriculture, tractors, and field-labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California home-movie frame showing workers on a harvesting machine with a small crawler tractor nearby in a dusty open field. — Workers operate vintage field machinery while a small crawler tractor moves nearby.

Workers appear on an early farm machine in 1936 California, with a small crawler tractor to the right under a pale sky. — A crew works from the platforms of a large agricultural machine as a crawler tractor passes nearby.

California 1936 field scene with men positioned on a large harvesting rig and a small crawler tractor on open ground. — Workers tend the harvesting rig while another operator stands near the crawler tractor.

Late frame of 1936 California farm work, showing a worker near the harvesting machine and a small crawler tractor in the field. — The machinery and workers remain framed at a distance, with the crawler tractor visible to the right.

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