Long Beach California-1937: Oil Derricks And Pumpjacks In Industrial Field

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

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Oil Derricks And Pumpjacks In Industrial Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage footage captures an industrial oil field in Long Beach, California. The sequence shows numerous derrick towers rising from a dusty landscape, with a winding road leading through the site. A close-up reveals a working pumpjack in motion, highlighting the era's energy production. The grainy black-and-white imagery and film edge vignette evoke a strong sense of historical Americana and industrial progress during the 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127254517

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s industrial California sequences needing archival oil-field footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial inserts.
Period detail: The steel derricks, dusty service road, pumpjack, and black-and-white 8mm texture support the stated 1937 Long Beach oil-field setting.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor or amateur filmmaker recording industrial scenery from nearby roads rather than a staged company production.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of oil derricks, lattice towers, a winding dirt road, industrial piping, storage structures, and a working pumpjack.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and dark frame-edge vignetting from the original film scan.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief establishing insert, industrial transition, energy-history cutaway, or visual memory beat for 1930s California.
Historical context: The footage shows petroleum extraction infrastructure embedded in an open industrial landscape, with no visible workers or public activity in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are flagged, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property permissions for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Long Beach oil derricks, 1930s California oil field, vintage 8mm industrial footage, and home movie pumpjack footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1937 Long Beach material, then broader 1930s California industry or petroleum-production footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Long Beach oil-field view with many steel derricks rising beyond a winding service road. — Rows of oil derricks stand around a dusty service road in the Long Beach field.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a Long Beach oil field with derrick towers clustered around a curving road. — A curving road passes through a dense field of derricks and steel structures.

1937 Long Beach oil-field frame showing derricks, service road, and industrial structures through 8mm grain. — The camera holds on derricks and a service road with strong 8mm edge vignetting.

Close Long Beach oil-field view with a pumpjack, raised platform, steel tower, and large tank structure. — A pumpjack sits near steel framework and a large tank within the industrial field.

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