San Diego California USA-1949: Laborer Building A Grey Brick Wall With Cement

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Laborer Building A Grey Brick Wall With Cement — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a laborer constructing a grey brick wall. The worker, wearing a light-colored cap and shirt, applies cement with a trowel to lay bricks under a clear blue sky. The grainy, slightly faded color and film edge borders capture authentic mid-century construction work. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war building techniques and everyday labor, ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or editorial content about American construction history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122720134

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: San Diego, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1940s-era documentary or editorial requests needing brief home-movie footage of masonry labor and small-scale construction in San Diego.
Period detail: The light work shirt, cap, hand trowel, exposed masonry, and 8mm color look support a late-1940s construction context without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The worker appears aware of the camera at moments, giving the clip an informal home-movie view of everyday manual labor rather than a staged industrial scene.
What appears in frame: A capped laborer, grey brick wall, trowel, fresh cement, open doorway, vertical rods or cables, blue sky, and visible film borders appear across the four frames.
Film character: The clip carries authentic 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild color fade, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, insert, or transition for postwar building work, masonry detail, or everyday labor in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a worker laying masonry by hand, offering a grounded view of building activity rather than a broad urban or landmark scene.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status is separate from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Searches such as 1949 San Diego 8mm construction, vintage masonry worker, grey brick wall building, or home movie laborer with trowel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego material, then broader clips of construction, masonry, labor, or postwar domestic building.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a capped laborer applying cement along the top of a grey brick wall. — A worker uses a trowel on a partly built grey brick wall.

1949 San Diego construction footage frame with a laborer holding a trowel over a grey masonry wall. — The laborer lifts his trowel while working along the wall top.

1949 San Diego home-movie still of a laborer leaning over a grey brick wall during masonry work. — The worker leans forward while positioning material on the wall.

1949 San Diego frame showing a smiling construction worker behind a grey wall with an open doorway below. — The worker smiles toward the camera while continuing masonry work.

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