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Utah USA-1939: Man Working With Wooden Plank In Arid Landscape

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or broadcast promotion.

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationUtah, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 Utah

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Man Working With Wooden Plank In Arid Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in a green shirt and dark trousers working with a long wooden plank in a rugged, arid landscape in Utah. The sequence shows him standing, bending, and kneeling as he handles the wood near a dirt embankment, possibly for construction or repair. The footage, framed by the film's characteristic borders, features natural lighting, earthy tones, and a sense of quiet, everyday labor in a remote outdoor setting.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124763353

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1939 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Utah, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • nature
  • outdoors
  • wood
  • green
  • dirt
  • man
  • showcasing
  • piece
  • people
  • utah USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Utah USA 1939
  • man working with wood
  • outdoor labor
  • rustic construction
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • vintage film
  • retro 1930s
  • man with plank
  • dirt embankment
  • rural work
  • old film
  • historical footage
  • nature setting
  • wooden plank
  • 1930s Americana
  • vintage documentary
  • classic home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports requests for late-1930s Utah home-movie footage of outdoor manual work in a dry rural or roadside landscape.
Period detail
The clothing, 8mm color home-movie look, and sparse dirt road setting may show everyday travel or work activity in the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the unstaged feel of a companion filming a man as he handles a wooden plank and pauses near a dirt embankment.
What appears in frame
A man in a green shirt, a long wooden plank, dirt slopes, scrubby ground, a road, hills, trees, and film-frame borders are visible.
Film character
The footage shows soft 8mm color, handheld framing, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and black film borders that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief cutaway or memory beat for travel, rural labor, outdoor repair, or western landscape material.
Historical context
The scene gives visual context for casual outdoor work or roadside activity in an arid Utah setting without confirming the task being performed.
Research note
A visible adult face may require likeness review, while no logos, children, private interiors, or obvious branded property are visible in these frames.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1930s Utah 8mm home movie, man with wooden plank, arid roadside work, and vintage outdoor labor footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Utah 1939 material, then with other home-movie scenes of travel, roads, or outdoor work.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah 8mm frame showing a road through dry hills, scattered trees, and distant slopes within black film borders.
A road winds through an arid hilly landscape with trees in the distance.
1939 Utah home-movie frame of an adult man handling a long wooden plank beside a dry dirt embankment.
An adult man bends while working with a long wooden plank near a dirt bank.
1939 Utah 8mm frame showing an adult man kneeling beside a wooden plank in a dry roadside or hillside setting.
The man kneels beside the plank on rocky ground at the base of the slope.
1939 Utah home-movie frame of an adult man standing with a long wooden plank near a dry embankment and sparse vegetation.
The man stands with the plank near a dry slope and scrubby roadside ground.

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