Silver Lake California-1966: Construction Worker with Firewood at Site

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSilver Lake, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 California

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Construction Worker with Firewood at Site — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a man in a straw hat and white shirt sitting on a wooden stool at a construction site in Silver Lake, California. He adjusts his hat, then lights a cigarette while surrounded by stacks of firewood and building materials. A woman in a light dress briefly walks past him. The footage shows natural sunlight, warm color tones, and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century American life.

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: 124057630

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Silver Lake, 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 1960s Southern California home-movie requests needing a brief candid construction-site or everyday outdoor leisure cutaway.
Period detail: The straw hat, white short-sleeve shirt, wood stool, stacked firewood, and warm 8mm color may show mid-1960s casual dress and yard work surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The man acknowledges the camera, adjusts his hat, sits casually, and lights a cigarette in an unstaged home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man, straw hat, white shirt, wooden stool, stacked firewood, lumber, pale dirt bank, and strong sunlight.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld framing, and exposure shifts typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, human-scale cutaway, or transition into construction, domestic labor, or 1960s California material.
Historical context: The footage provides a small social glimpse of a man relaxing at an outdoor work area, with cigarette use and casual camera awareness visible.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and location or property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1966 Silver Lake 8mm home movie, man in straw hat, construction site cutaway, firewood stack, and mid-century California footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Silver Lake footage, then broader home-movie scenes of outdoor work or casual smoking.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1966 Silver Lake home-movie footage, a man in a straw hat and white shirt sits outdoors near firewood and boards. — A seated man touches the brim of his straw hat beside stacked wood and construction materials.

The man in the straw hat raises a hand toward the camera while seated at the outdoor Silver Lake work area. — The seated man appears to greet or gesture toward the camera from the sunny work site.

A 1966 Silver Lake frame shows the man seated quietly with his hat down, surrounded by wood and dirt slope. — The man rests on the stool, framed by rough ground, stacked wood, and leaning boards.

The seated man lifts his straw hat and appears to hold a cigarette in his mouth at the Silver Lake outdoor work area. — The man lifts his hat as he sits on the stool, with a cigarette visible at his mouth.

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