California USA-1936: Ducks Swimming In Pond On Rural Farm With Pig In Mud

$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

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Ducks Swimming In Pond On Rural Farm With Pig In Mud — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1936, showing ducks swimming in a pond on a rural farm. The black-and-white clip features a wooden fence, trees, and a muddy enclosure with a pig lying in a puddle. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, edge damage, and natural lighting, capturing authentic mid-20th century Americana. The scene transitions to a blurry view of a riverbank, suggesting a journey or change in location. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into rural life and animal behavior during 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: 121506502

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural California farm-life requests needing animal cutaways, pond activity, or home-movie evidence of small-scale agricultural surroundings.
Period detail: The wooden rail fence, open pasture, muddy animal enclosure, and soft 8mm exposure may show rural farm conditions consistent with the supplied 1936 date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on farm animals and then shifting to a riverbank or pond edge as a casual travel or family record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ducks on water, a muddy pen with a pig, wooden fencing, trees, open fields, rippling water, and a brushy bank.
Film character: The footage carries pronounced 8mm grain, gate edges, exposure fluctuation, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, animal behavior cutaway, period transition, or quiet memory beat between broader California location scenes.
Historical context: The imagery documents everyday farm and waterside surroundings without visible people, offering social context through animals, fencing, landscape, and camera handling.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, property context, and exact location should still be reviewed before production use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s California 8mm farm animals, ducks swimming in pond, pig in mud, rural home movie, and vintage farm landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1936 California footage, then with rural farm, pond, livestock, or waterside home-movie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing ducks by a rural fence and a pig resting in a muddy farm enclosure. — Ducks move near a fenced pond area as a pig lies in mud at the edge of the frame.

1936 California farm view with ducks near a wooden fence and a pig resting in a muddy foreground puddle. — The camera holds on ducks, fencing, trees, and a muddy pen with a pig.

Color 8mm view of rippling water and a brush-covered bank, likely from the same rural California home-movie reel. — The scene shifts from the farm enclosure to a soft, color view across water toward a brushy shore.

Soft color 8mm frame of water and a brushy rural bank in California, with visible gate edges and handheld framing. — A blurred waterside landscape closes the clip, with rippling water and a bright, scrub-covered bank.

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