San Diego California USA-1949: Bricklayer Laying Cement Putty On Cinder Block Wall

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

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Bricklayer Laying Cement Putty On Cinder Block Wall — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a bricklayer working on a cinder block wall. The worker, wearing a light-colored shirt and cap, applies cement putty to the top course of blocks while standing on the structure. The scene captures the manual labor of mid-century construction, with a second person briefly visible below. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of 1940s building techniques.

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: 122720243

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 documentary requests needing authentic home-movie views of building work, masonry labor, or postwar residential construction in San Diego.
Period detail: The clothing, cinder block wall, simple scaffold or ladder, and 8mm color stock support a late-1940s construction setting, with San Diego and 1949 supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer feel, watching a worker apply mortar from a nearby position rather than presenting a formal construction demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a masonry worker in a cap, a cinder block wall, mortar pan or bucket, ladder or scaffold rails, window openings, utility lines, and a second person briefly below.
Film character: The footage shows handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, exposure variation, and motion blur that preserve its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, construction transition, or memory beat within a sequence about mid-century building or everyday work.
Historical context: The scene records manual masonry work on a small structure, offering visual context for ordinary building practices and family-filmed labor in late-1940s California.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and any property or release status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 San Diego 8mm construction footage, bricklayer laying mortar, cinder block wall home movie, and vintage masonry labor scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego footage, then broader clips of masonry, construction, trades, and everyday labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 San Diego footage, a capped worker lays mortar on a cinder block wall with utility lines and framing behind him. — A masonry worker applies mortar to the top course of a cinder block wall.

A 1949 San Diego home-movie frame shows the worker leaning over a block wall while a dark figure or shadow appears in an opening below. — The worker leans over the wall as the masonry work continues.

The San Diego construction scene shows a worker applying mortar atop the cinder block wall as another person in red is briefly visible below. — A second person appears beneath the wall while the masonry work continues above.

A soft 8mm frame shows the worker bent over the top course of the wall, with a window opening, rails, and background utility lines visible. — The shot ends with the worker bent over the upper edge of the block wall.

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