Auburn California-1939: Vintage 8mm Footage of Baby Chicks in a Cardboard Box

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationAuburn, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Vintage 8mm Footage of Baby Chicks in a Cardboard Box — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie clip captures a cardboard box filled with dozens of fluffy yellow chicks, divided into two compartments. The warm, slightly grainy footage shows the chicks huddled together, with a hand briefly reaching in to gently touch them. Shot on 8mm film, this archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century farm life and animal husbandry, with natural lighting and authentic film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013127

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1930s California home-movie farm or poultry footage as an editorial insert, rural-life cutaway, or animal-care detail.
Period detail: The cardboard shipping-style box, warm 8mm color, and simple close handling may show small-scale poultry keeping in the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as the camera stays close to the chicks while a hand briefly reaches into the box.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dozens of yellow chicks, a divided cardboard box, ventilation holes, a dark surrounding background, straw-like packing, and a human hand.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, memory beat, or visual shorthand for farm life, spring hatchlings, or animal husbandry.
Historical context: The footage visually documents domestic or small-farm poultry handling without identifying the people, property, or exact circumstances beyond the supplied Auburn metadata.
Research note: Rights review should consider copyright separately from any likeness or property concerns, with the visible hand treated as incidental human presence.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm baby chicks, Auburn California home movie poultry, vintage farm animals, cardboard chick box, and 1930s rural footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Auburn or 1939 California material, then broader farm, poultry, livestock, or rural home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Auburn, California 1939 home-movie frame showing many yellow baby chicks clustered in a divided cardboard box. — Baby chicks crowd together inside a divided cardboard box.

A 1939 8mm frame from Auburn, California shows fluffy chicks packed into two sections of a cardboard box. — Chicks fill both sides of the box, some facing the camera.

A human hand reaches among baby chicks in a divided cardboard box in this Auburn, California 1939 home-movie frame. — A hand gently reaches into the crowded chick box.

Close 8mm frame of a hand near yellow chicks packed into a divided cardboard box, supported by Auburn 1939 metadata. — A hand rests near the chicks as they huddle in the box.

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