California USA-1936: Two Boys Run Onto A Field As A Bird Falls

$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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Two Boys Run Onto A Field As A Bird Falls — Clip Details

Vintage 1936 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, showing two boys running across a dry, open field under a pale sky. One boy wears a light-colored shirt with suspenders, the other a red shirt. The grainy, slightly faded image captures a moment of childhood play in a rural landscape. A bird is seen falling or flying low over the ground in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with visible grain, scratches, and a soft focus, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121506734

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: 1930s California 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing rural childhood play, open-field action, or a brief bird-hunting related moment.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, simple clothing, suspenders, and open dry field may show a rural California leisure scene from the 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as two young figures run away from the camera across an open field toward distant movement near the ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two running boys, a pale sky, a dry open field, a low horizon line, distant dark shapes, and heavy film gate borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, scratches, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability typical of scanned small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, rural memory beat, childhood cutaway, or transition into a hunting, field, or Depression-era family sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for outdoor childhood activity in an undeveloped rural landscape without confirming the exact reason for the bird's fall.
Research note: People are visible and appear young, so likeness and minor-status review may be needed separately from copyright or stock footage licensing.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s California 8mm boys running in field, vintage home movie bird falls, and rural childhood outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1936 home movies, then broader 1930s rural field, childhood play, or bird-hunting related footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two boys in 1930s California home-movie footage run away from the camera across a dry rural field. — Two boys run across an open field, with the horizon low in the distance.

A dry California field fills the frame after the running boys move out of view, with small dark shapes near the horizon. — The open field remains in view, with distant shapes along the horizon.

A small dark bird-like shape appears close to the ground in a dry rural field in 1930s California footage. — A dark shape, likely the bird noted in the clip, appears low over the field.

The field remains mostly empty as a dark bird-like shape appears near the ground in the distance. — The distant bird-like shape remains visible against the dry field.

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