Long Beach California-1937: A Clip Showing Transmission Equipment In A Power Station

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationLong Beach, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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A Clip Showing Transmission Equipment In A Power Station — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage footage captures a sprawling power station in Long Beach, California. The black-and-white clip shows numerous transmission towers and electrical equipment under a bright sky, with large cylindrical tanks and utility structures dotting the industrial landscape. The grainy, slightly shaky camera movement suggests a home movie perspective, offering a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century infrastructure. The scene conveys a sense of industrial progress and the growing complexity of the electrical grid during the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127254502

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 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: Long Beach, 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: 1930s 8mm footage for productions needing a brief industrial-infrastructure view of electrical transmission equipment in Long Beach, California.
Period detail: The lattice towers, cylindrical tanks, utility poles, and open industrial yard may show Depression-era electrical infrastructure as captured in 1937 home-movie footage.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like an unstaged visitor or passerby shot, observing the power-station equipment from outside rather than from an official survey angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lattice transmission towers, cylindrical tanks, utility poles, a small shed, access stairs, industrial piping, and an open service road.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the clip a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an industrial cutaway, infrastructure insert, or transition into a sequence about power, utilities, Long Beach, or 1930s modernization.
Historical context: The clip visually situates electrical distribution within a broad industrial landscape, showing the scale and density of utility equipment in the period.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any property or site-identification concerns before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s Long Beach power station, 8mm electrical transmission footage, vintage utility yard, and California industrial grid.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1937 Long Beach material, and then with other power, utility, or industrial infrastructure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Long Beach 8mm frame showing lattice transmission towers, cylindrical tanks, utility poles, and a small structure in a power-station yard. — Transmission towers and tanks stand across an open industrial utility yard.

1937 Long Beach 8mm frame with multiple transmission towers, utility poles, tanks, and service structures under a bright sky. — A dense field of towers and utility equipment fills the power-station view.

1937 Long Beach power-station frame showing an open service road bordered by towers, tanks, poles, stairs, and utility structures. — The camera frames the utility yard with towers above a service road and tanks.

1937 Long Beach 8mm frame showing a road through a power-station yard with lattice towers, tanks, poles, and industrial equipment. — A service road leads through the industrial yard beneath rows of transmission towers.

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