Sacramento California-1937: Two Men Operating Drilling Rig In Orchard

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Sacramento California

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Two Men Operating Drilling Rig In Orchard — Clip Details

Two men operate a drilling rig in a sunlit orchard in Sacramento, California, in 1937. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light shirt and cap turning a crank while another observes. The red drilling machine, a metal barrel, and leafy trees fill the frame under a clear blue sky. The footage shows natural film grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage of early 20th-century industrial work.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127255353

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: Sacramento, 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Sacramento home-movie footage for productions needing a brief agricultural or light industrial work scene in an orchard setting.
Period detail: The hand-operated rig, work clothes, metal barrel, and 8mm color home-movie look support a late-1930s rural work context in Sacramento.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches two men at close range as one turns the rig mechanism and the other stands by, giving the scene an unstaged workday quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a red drilling rig, a hand crank or lever, a metal barrel, wooden platform boards, orchard trees, grass, and blue sky.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, and slight framing variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or transition for agricultural labor, well drilling, water work, or Depression-era rural industry.
Historical context: The footage visually connects orchard land with small-scale mechanical work, suggesting practical farm or property maintenance without identifying a specific project.
Research note: Adults are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and any property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Sacramento orchard drilling rig, 8mm farm labor footage, vintage well drilling, or California agricultural work home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Sacramento or 1937 material, then broader orchard, drilling, water well, and rural labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men operate or observe a red drilling rig in a Sacramento orchard, 1937, with a barrel and trees visible. — Two men work beside a red drilling rig in an orchard.

In a 1937 Sacramento orchard scene, one man works the drilling rig while another watches beside the machinery. — One man handles the rig mechanism while another stands beside him.

Two men remain beside a red drilling machine in the Sacramento orchard, with a vertical pole and barrel in the foreground. — The drilling rig, barrel, and orchard trees fill the frame around the two workers.

A man appears to operate the drilling rig while another stands nearby in a 1937 Sacramento orchard work scene. — The men continue working around the drilling rig in the orchard.

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