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Utah USA-1939: Building A Town From Broken Boards

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationUtah, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 Utah
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Building A Town From Broken Boards — Clip Details

UTAH USA-1939: A person in a green sweater and dark trousers uses a long wooden board to push or arrange numerous nails protruding from the ground in a rural, dirt-covered area. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures a close-up of the hands and the makeshift tool, suggesting a makeshift construction or repair effort. The scene transitions to a wider view of a small mountain town with modest houses built into a hillside, featuring a vintage car and a gas pump, all rendered in the characteristic grain and color palette of 1930s home movie footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124763357

Rights & Clearance

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
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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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • nails
  • boards
  • houses
  • frames
  • country
  • building
  • town
  • broken
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • utah USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Utah USA 1939
  • rural construction
  • nails in ground
  • wooden board tool
  • 1930s Americana
  • mountain town
  • vintage car
  • gas pump
  • dirt road
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • historic film
  • old film
  • nostalgic
  • repair
  • country life
  • small town

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s Utah rural construction, settlement, or small-town documentary sequences needing brief home-movie evidence of hands-on building work and hillside housing.

Still Frames From This Clip

A person holds a long wooden board over dirt with protruding nails and scattered rocks.

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