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Auburn California-1939: Older Couple Enjoying Time Watching And Feeding Their Chickens

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  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationAuburn, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 California

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Older Couple Enjoying Time Watching And Feeding Their... — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: An older couple sits together in a sun-drenched outdoor setting, the woman in a pink and white striped dress and the man in a light-colored shirt and straw hat holding a bowl of eggs. They share a quiet, joyful moment, smiling and interacting as they enjoy farm life. The scene transitions to a dark barn where white chickens move about, capturing authentic 8mm home movie footage from the late 1930s with natural film grain and warm color tones.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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
127013051

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
may
Reel-level year note
1939
Reel-level location note
california
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
Auburn, 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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Topics & Keywords

  • happy
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  • vintage 1930s footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing rural domestic life, older adults, egg gathering, or small farm chicken cutaways.
Period detail
The straw hat, simple outdoor seating, printed dress, and 8mm color home-movie look support a late-1930s rural or semi-rural family setting.
Home-movie behavior
The couple appears relaxed and aware of the camera, with the man holding eggs and the woman shifting in her chair before the view moves to chickens.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an older couple, a pink striped dress, a straw hat, a bowl of eggs, outdoor chairs, a pale wall, and white chickens in a dark enclosure.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, dark edge vignetting, and a handheld family-film framing style.
Edit role
Editors can use it as a brief memory beat, rural-life insert, egg or chicken cutaway, or transition from people at home to farm animals.
Historical context
The footage shows a domestic small-farm moment in Auburn, California, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific property or household.
Research note
People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, but copyright, privacy, and property context should be checked separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1939 Auburn California home movie, older couple with chickens, 8mm farm life footage, eggs, and rural domestic scenes.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with same-reel family or farm scenes, then Auburn or 1939 California material, then broader poultry, eggs, and rural household footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Auburn, California footage, an older couple sits outdoors as the man in a straw hat holds eggs and the woman rests in a chair.
An older couple sits outside, the man holding a bowl of eggs beside the seated woman.
The couple sits in sunlit outdoor chairs in Auburn, California, with the woman facing forward and the man holding a bowl of eggs.
The woman faces the camera while the man sits beside her holding eggs.
A 1939 Auburn home-movie frame shows the woman leaning in her chair while the man remains beside her with eggs in his lap.
The seated couple remains outside, framed closely against a pale wall.
White chickens gather and move in a dark farm enclosure, continuing the Auburn, California rural home-movie scene.
Chickens move through a dim barn or enclosure after the couple scene.

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