San Diego California USA-1949: Mason Laying Concrete Bricks On Construction Site

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

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Mason Laying Concrete Bricks On Construction Site — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a mason laying concrete bricks on a construction site. The worker, wearing a light-colored cap and shirt, uses a trowel to apply mortar and carefully place each brick. The scene captures the skilled labor of mid-century construction, with a partially built cinder block wall under a bright, sunny sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, offering authentic archival footage of blue-collar work.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 122720144

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1949 San Diego 8mm clip helps document mid-century construction labor for documentary, museum, education, or commercial cutaway use.
Period detail: The concrete block wall, hand trowel work, work cap, and color 8mm home-movie texture support a late-1940s construction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the mason at work from below the wall, preserving an unstaged view of skilled manual labor rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mason, concrete blocks, a trowel, mortar, vertical rebar, a partially built wall, blue sky, and edge-framed film borders.
Film character: The scan has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and dark frame edges that add physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, construction transition, or memory beat for postwar-era building activity.
Historical context: The clip shows one worker laying concrete blocks outdoors, offering visual context for small-scale building work in mid-century Southern California.
Research note: A recognizable adult worker appears, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s San Diego construction, 8mm mason laying block, vintage home movie building work, and mid-century blue-collar labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego clips, then broader construction, masonry, and outdoor labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a mason behind a concrete block wall with a trowel and rebar visible under open sky. — A mason works behind a partly built concrete block wall at an outdoor construction site.

1949 San Diego 8mm frame showing a capped mason using his hands and tools along the top course of a concrete block wall. — The worker leans over the block wall while continuing masonry work.

1949 San Diego home-movie frame of a mason focused on trowel work along a partially built concrete block wall. — The mason looks down toward the wall as he works mortar into place.

1949 San Diego 8mm frame with a closer view of the mason partly obscured by the concrete block wall as he continues work. — A closer angle shows the worker partly hidden behind the block wall.

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