Long Beach California-1937: Two Women Harvesting Fruit From A Tree

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationLong Beach, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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Two Women Harvesting Fruit From A Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures two women in period dresses harvesting fruit from a tree in Long Beach, California. One woman reaches up to pick the fruit while the other stands beside her, both engaged in the harvest. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural sunlight, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene reflects mid-20th century domestic life and agricultural activity, preserved in a personal, home movie style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127254589

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 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

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 1930s home-movie requests needing domestic outdoor life, fruit harvesting, or women in a Southern California garden setting.
Period detail: The dresses, 8mm source, and stated 1937 Long Beach metadata support a late-1930s domestic scene, though no landmark or street detail is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as two women casually reach toward fruit on a tree rather than posing for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense fruit-tree foliage, round fruit, two women in light dresses, garden plants, bright daylight, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with high-contrast black-and-white grain, soft focus, slight gate shadow, and handheld home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or domestic-life insert within a 1930s California or home-garden sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests household-scale fruit picking and informal outdoor labor, without enough detail to identify the property or crop with certainty.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or clear private-property identifiers are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 8mm home movie women picking fruit, Long Beach California garden footage, and 1930s domestic outdoor life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 Long Beach material, then broader 1930s home-garden or fruit-harvest footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close view of leafy fruit-tree branches in the 1937 Long Beach home-movie clip, with heavy grain and soft exposure. — Fruit-tree foliage fills the frame before the women come into clearer view.

Leafy fruit-tree branches dominate the frame in the Long Beach 8mm home movie, with fruit partly visible among the leaves. — A close view of the fruit tree shows leaves and fruit in strong daylight.

Two women in period dresses stand by a fruit tree in the 1937 Long Beach home movie, one reaching up to pick fruit. — One woman reaches into the tree while another stands beside the branches.

In the 1937 Long Beach garden scene, two women stand near a leafy fruit tree while one reaches toward visible fruit. — The women continue picking fruit from the tree in a sunny garden setting.

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