Cleveland Ohio USA-1939: Workers Inserting Object in Factory Machine

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Cleveland Ohio

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Workers Inserting Object in Factory Machine — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two workers in a Cleveland Ohio factory operating a large industrial machine. The grainy black and white footage shows them inserting a big flat object into the machinery, likely part of a production process. The scene is illuminated by overhead windows, with the workers wearing period-appropriate clothing. The handheld camera movement and film grain add to the authentic, archival feel of this historic industrial moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124599327

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 1001 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1937-1938-1939
Reel-level location note: Cleveland
Date: 1939 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: Cleveland, Ohio, 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: 1930s industrial home-movie footage for edits needing a brief factory production insert from Cleveland, Ohio.
Period detail: The workers' clothing, monochrome 8mm texture, overhead window light, and heavy machinery support a late-1930s factory setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes workers from a short distance as they handle a large flat material, giving the scene an unstaged workplace feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult workers, a large industrial machine, a broad flat sheet or panel, factory windows, dark machinery surfaces, and a work platform.
Film character: The clip has dense black-and-white grain, soft focus, bright window flare, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway for manufacturing, labor history, industrial process, or a memory beat about prewar factory work.
Historical context: The footage visually documents manual handling around a large machine inside an industrial interior without identifying the company or process.
Research note: People and private industrial property are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 Cleveland factory workers, 8mm industrial machinery footage, black-and-white production process, and men working in factory.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Cleveland 1939 scenes, then broader 1930s factory, machinery, and industrial labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a Cleveland factory scene from 1939, workers handle a broad flat object beside a large industrial machine. — Workers guide a flat material near heavy factory machinery.

A worker appears beside heavy machinery and a broad flat panel in a 1939 Cleveland industrial interior. — A worker positions material at the side of the machine.

Two workers in a 1939 Cleveland factory appear to guide a large flat object into or along industrial equipment. — Workers continue feeding or guiding the flat material.

A worker stands near the machine in the Cleveland factory, with another person partly visible at the edge of the frame. — A worker pauses beside the machinery as the shot ends.

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