Auburn California-1939: White Chickens And Roosters In Farmyard

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

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White Chickens And Roosters In Farmyard — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A flock of white chickens and roosters roam freely in a rustic farmyard, their red combs contrasting against the golden sunlight. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the natural movement of the birds in a sun-drenched enclosure with visible shadows and film grain. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into rural life, with the chickens pecking and strutting across the dirt ground. The warm, slightly faded color palette and analog imperfections enhance its authentic 1930s charm, making it ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127013432

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1930s rural California home-movie footage for editors needing a brief farmyard animal cutaway or period agricultural texture.
Period detail: The dirt yard, wooden fencing, loose poultry, and warm 8mm color may show small-scale farm surroundings in Auburn, California, in 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes chickens and roosters moving naturally through the yard, preserving an unstaged domestic farm moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white chickens, red-combed roosters, dirt ground, wooden fencing, strong sunlight, deep shadows, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, warm faded color, high-contrast sunlight, soft focus, and contact-frame edges that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life insert, farmyard transition, animal cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents poultry kept in an open yard setting, offering visual context for everyday rural domestic life without identifying owners or a specific farm.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property-context concerns before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Auburn California farmyard chickens, 8mm rural poultry footage, vintage rooster flock, and Depression-era home movie farm animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Auburn or 1939 California material, then broader rural farm animal and home-movie sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

White chickens and red-combed roosters move through a sunlit Auburn, California farmyard in 1939 home-movie footage. — A flock of white poultry moves across a bright dirt yard.

Several white chickens and roosters stand and walk across a fenced dirt yard in 1939 Auburn, California footage. — White chickens and roosters cluster in the sunlit enclosure.

A white rooster stands in partial shade beside wooden fencing in the Auburn farmyard home movie. — A rooster pauses near fence shadows on the dirt ground.

Two white chickens or roosters cross the sun-and-shadow patterned dirt yard in the 1939 Auburn farmyard clip. — Two birds move through alternating sunlight and fence shadows.

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