California USA-1936: Four Men Aim Rifles At Animal In Sandy Field

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

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Four Men Aim Rifles At Animal In Sandy Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1936 shows four men in casual attire standing in a sandy, arid landscape. They are holding rifles and aiming at a small animal, which is later seen lying motionless on the ground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, capturing a raw, unfiltered moment of early 20th-century outdoor life. The scene unfolds under a pale sky with distant power lines, evoking a sense of historical Americana and rural nostalgia.

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: 121506767

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: 1930s California 8mm footage suited to documentary or education requests for rural shooting, hunting, or informal outdoor recreation scenes.
Period detail: The arid open field, casual menswear, rifles, distant utility poles, and soft 8mm color support a mid-1930s California home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an informal group activity from a distance, preserving an unstaged record of men aiming rifles in an open sandy landscape.
What appears in frame: Four men with rifles, a sandy field, sparse scrub, distant utility poles, a pale sky, and a small animal lying on the ground are visible.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, and a steady home-movie viewpoint that mark it as original 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for historical hunting, firearms, rural leisure, or uneasy outdoor Americana.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual shooting scene in an open California landscape without enough visual evidence to identify the animal, property, or participants.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, animal-use context, and any location or property claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s California 8mm hunting footage, men aiming rifles in desert field, vintage home movie shooting scene, or animal in sandy landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1936 material, then broader 1930s rural firearms or hunting-related home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1930s California home-movie footage, four men stand in an arid field and aim rifles across the sand. — Four men raise rifles while standing in a sparse sandy landscape.

Three men remain in the open California field, appearing to handle or aim rifles in the distance. — Men with rifles stand spaced out across the arid field.

A small animal lies motionless on the sandy California ground after the rifle scene. — A small animal lies on the sand in the foreground of the field.

The clip ends with the small animal still lying motionless on the sandy field in faded 8mm color. — The animal remains motionless on the sandy ground as the shot holds.

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