Klamath California-1937: Car Driving Past Man and Wooden Building

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationKlamath, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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Car Driving Past Man and Wooden Building — Clip Details

KLAMATH CALIFORNIA-1937: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a classic car driving past a rustic wooden building. The footage shows a man in period attire standing near a wire fence, watching the vehicle pass. The scene is shot on 8mm film, featuring natural motion blur and grain, with a rural backdrop of trees and a structure marked 'FLOU'. The clip offers authentic 1930s Americana, ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or archival projects.

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: 124859083

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: Yes
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: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Klamath, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural California or Americana productions needing authentic home-movie footage of a period automobile, roadside buildings, and bystanders.
Period detail: The rounded fenders, running board, wire fence, wooden siding, and simple roadside structure may show late-1930s small-town or rural travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged roadside feel, with the camera catching a car passing and a standing adult watching from beside a weathered building.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a classic car, roadside surface, wooden wall, window, wire fence, adult figure, trees, and a building with partial lettering.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, exposure variation, frame jitter, and motion blur consistent with handheld home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, rural cutaway, or memory beat for 1930s road life.
Historical context: The footage visually situates automobile travel near modest wooden roadside structures in Klamath, California, without proving a specific event or business.
Research note: People and partial commercial lettering are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1930s 8mm home movies, Klamath California car footage, rural roadside building, and Depression-era automobile travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Klamath 1937 clips, then broader 1930s rural road, classic car, and small-town California footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Classic car moving past the camera at the start of the clip.

Side detail of a period automobile passing through the Klamath, California roadside scene. — Side of the passing car, with wheel and fender prominent.

An adult stands beside a rustic wooden building and wire fence in the 1937 Klamath home-movie scene. — Standing adult near a weathered wall and fence as the car passes.

A small roadside structure with partial lettering appears beside trees and brush in Klamath, California. — Roadside structure and vegetation at the end of the clip.

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