Long Beach California-1937: Tall Oil Tower Captured On Black And White Film At

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

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Tall Oil Tower Captured On Black And White Film At — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage footage captures a cluster of tall oil derricks in Long Beach, California. The black and white home movie shows multiple drilling towers against a pale sky, with a prominent derrick in the foreground. The camera pans slightly, revealing the intricate lattice structure of the industrial towers. Grainy film texture and soft focus are evident throughout, characteristic of 1930s amateur footage. This archival clip offers a nostalgic look at early 20th century oil production and industrial development in Southern California.

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: 127254552

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: Useful for 1930s industrial-era requests needing Southern California oil production, drilling infrastructure, or urban industry cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The footage shows tall lattice oil derricks and drilling platforms in a black-and-white 1937 Long Beach setting, with period detail carried mainly by the industrial structures and film stock.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the derricks from ground level with slight handheld movement, giving an unstaged visitor or passerby view rather than a planned industrial film angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall steel oil derricks, cross-braced tower frames, elevated work platforms, pale sky, distant drilling towers, and dark frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkness consistent with amateur 1930s physical-film scanning.
Edit role: Editors can use it as an industrial cutaway, transition into oil or urban development topics, or a brief visual beat for prewar Southern California infrastructure.
Historical context: The imagery documents oil drilling infrastructure in Long Beach without showing workers or street life, so it is strongest as visual context for industrial landscape rather than labor activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property implications for their intended use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1937 Long Beach oil derricks, 1930s California drilling towers, black-and-white 8mm oil field footage, and vintage industrial home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1937 Long Beach material, then with broader Southern California oil, machinery, and industrial landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Long Beach 8mm frame showing multiple tall oil derricks, with a large lattice tower in the foreground and smaller towers behind it. — Foreground oil derrick and distant drilling towers in Long Beach.

Black-and-white 1937 Long Beach frame with a prominent oil derrick at right and several smaller drilling towers across the skyline. — Prominent derrick framed beside a line of smaller oil towers.

1937 Long Beach 8mm still showing the middle section of a tall oil derrick, its cross-bracing, and smaller towers low in the background. — Close view of the derrick structure and surrounding oil field towers.

Black-and-white 1937 Long Beach frame showing an oil derrick with an elevated work platform, dense lattice bracing, and open sky behind it. — Oil derrick platform and tower bracing silhouetted against the sky.

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