San Diego California USA-1949: Workers Building Cinder Block Structure

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

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Workers Building Cinder Block Structure — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a construction site with a partially built cinder block building. Workers in period clothing move around the site, with a ladder leaning against the structure and a wheelbarrow nearby. A water tower and utility poles stand in the background under a clear sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color fading, capturing authentic mid-century American construction life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122720205

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial requests needing real home-movie footage of small-scale construction work in San Diego, California.
Period detail: The cinder block walls, simple ladder, wheelbarrow, utility poles, and background water tower support a mid-century work-site reading.
Home-movie behavior: The footage appears casually observed from a fixed home-movie viewpoint as workers move around an unfinished structure without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cinder block walls, framed window openings, a leaning ladder, a wheelbarrow, workers, utility poles, and a water tower.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, and slight exposure variation that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for postwar building activity, labor, or neighborhood development.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for modest construction activity in San Diego without documenting a specific project or named site.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review depending on use; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 San Diego construction footage, 8mm home movie work site, cinder block building, and mid-century workers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other San Diego 1949 material, then broader 1940s construction or labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego construction site with unfinished cinder block walls, a leaning ladder, wheelbarrow, poles, and water tower. — Unfinished cinder block building at a San Diego construction site.

A 1949 San Diego work site shows block walls, window openings, a ladder, a wheelbarrow, utility poles, and a water tower. — The construction site seen from a steady home-movie viewpoint.

At the San Diego construction site, a worker in red stands by a leaning ladder beside unfinished cinder block walls. — A worker moves near the ladder and open wall of the structure.

A worker at a 1949 San Diego construction site stands beside a ladder, with block walls, window openings, and poles behind. — Worker standing near the ladder at the unfinished building.

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