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

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

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Two Women Picking Fruit From A Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures two women in period dresses picking fruit from a leafy tree in Long Beach, California. The black-and-white footage shows them reaching into the branches, their hands carefully selecting ripe produce. The scene is bathed in natural sunlight, with dense foliage surrounding them. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century domestic life and gardening. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and period-specific projects.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127254597

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

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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 picking, women in period dress, or Southern California garden activity as editorial texture.
Period detail: The dresses, 8mm black-and-white look, and garden setting support a 1930s domestic scene, with Long Beach, California and 1937 taken from supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged interaction as two women reach into a leafy fruit tree and handle produce in a relaxed home-garden moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult women, patterned dresses, a dense fruit tree, round hanging fruit, bright sunlight, garden foliage, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast sunlight, slight handheld variation, and edge vignetting that mark it as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, domestic-life cutaway, garden transition, or memory beat within sequences about food, family, leisure, or California life.
Historical context: The scene shows women participating in ordinary garden or orchard activity, offering visual context for household-scale fruit gathering without proving ownership or crop type.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be identifiable, so likeness review may be needed separate from copyright status; no logos, minors, or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1930s 8mm home movie women picking fruit, Long Beach California garden footage, vintage domestic outdoor life, and fruit tree cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 Long Beach material, then broader 1930s home-garden, food gathering, or women-at-home footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Long Beach home-movie footage, two adult women in dresses stand by a fruit tree as one reaches into the branches. — Two women gather near a fruit tree, with one selecting fruit from the branches.

Two adult women in period dresses reach into a leafy fruit tree in 1937 Long Beach, California home-movie footage. — Both women reach into the branches while standing close to the fruit tree.

In a 1937 Long Beach garden scene, one woman faces the fruit tree while another reaches for hanging fruit. — The women continue picking fruit from the sunlit tree.

A closer 8mm frame shows an adult woman reaching through dense leaves toward fruit in the Long Beach garden scene. — A closer angle shows a woman reaching into the foliage to pick fruit.

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