California USA-1936: Man In Fedora Walks Through Dry Desert Landscape

$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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Man In Fedora Walks Through Dry Desert Landscape — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1936, showing a man in a dark jacket and fedora walking through a dry, brush-covered desert landscape. The clip captures the man from behind as he moves across the arid terrain under a pale blue sky, with the film's characteristic grain, scratches, and soft focus evident throughout. The scene evokes a sense of quiet exploration and historical Americana, filmed from a fixed perspective through a window frame.

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: 121506898

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 desert atmosphere, home-movie travel material, or documentary inserts about arid landscapes and informal outdoor movement.
Period detail: The fedora, dark jacket, muted trousers, and 8mm color home-movie look may show mid-1930s leisure or field travel clothing in rural California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged feel, watching a person from behind as he walks away across brushy ground rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dry scrub, pale blue sky, low desert hills, a window or frame edge, a man in a fedora, dark jacket, light trousers, and soft film scratches.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, vertical scratches, slight exposure shifts, and a fixed home-movie viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, travel insert, or transitional shot for dry Western landscape and 1930s home-movie atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene visually documents an arid California landscape and a lone figure moving through scrubland, without enough detail to identify a specific site or event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be relevant, while no logos, brands, music, or clearly private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Searches such as 1930s California desert home movie, man in fedora walking scrubland, vintage 8mm arid landscape, and Western travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1936 footage, then related 1930s desert, travel, walking, and outdoor Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing dry brush-covered desert ground, low hills, pale sky, and dark vertical window-like edges. — A dry desert landscape appears beyond dark vertical framing, with scrub and low hills in view.

1936 California home-movie frame with arid brush, a low hillside, pale sky, and dark framing at the sides. — The view holds on dry brush and a low hillside, framed by dark vertical edges.

1936 California 8mm frame showing a man in a fedora and dark jacket walking away through dry desert brush. — A man in a fedora and dark jacket walks away from the camera across the scrubby terrain.

1936 California home-movie frame of a man seen from behind, walking through arid scrubland below a pale sky. — The figure continues across the dry landscape, seen from behind against brush and low hills.

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