Sacramento California-1937: Two Male Construction Engineers Lift A Pipe

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

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Two Male Construction Engineers Lift A Pipe — Clip Details

SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA-1937: Two male construction workers operate a red 8mm film-era drilling rig in an orchard. Dressed in period work clothes and caps, they coordinate to lift a large wooden pole using the machine. The scene captures a moment of manual labor under a clear blue sky, with green trees in the background and a weathered metal barrel in the foreground. Shot on vintage 8mm film, this archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127255365

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 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

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 Sacramento-area industrial or agricultural work sequences needing real 8mm footage of workers handling equipment outdoors.
Period detail: Period clues include work caps, practical clothing, a red drilling or hoisting rig, a metal barrel, and orchard rows that fit the supplied 1937 Sacramento metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear focused on a work task rather than performing for camera, giving the clip unstaged value as a brief record of coordinated manual labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two male workers, a red drilling rig, a long pipe or pole, orchard trees, a metal barrel, timber platform boards, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that add physical-film texture to the labor scene.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for period construction, orchard work, engineering, or Depression-era labor context.
Historical context: The scene visually connects mechanical field equipment with manual handling in an orchard setting, without identifying the specific project or employer.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Sacramento 8mm construction work, orchard drilling rig, vintage engineers lifting pipe, and California home-movie labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1937 Sacramento material, then broader clips of 1930s outdoor labor and equipment handling.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento footage, two men stand by a red field rig while handling a long pipe or pole in an orchard. — Workers coordinate beside a red rig with a metal barrel in the foreground.

A Sacramento orchard work scene shows one man near the red rig and another moving a long pipe or pole at the edge of the frame. — One worker remains by the rig as another shifts the long material nearby.

Two male workers in caps stand on a low wooden platform beside the red rig, with orchard trees behind them. — The workers reposition themselves on the platform beside the machinery.

The men appear to lift or guide a long pipe or pole beside the red drilling or hoisting rig in the orchard. — Workers raise or guide the long piece beside the field rig.

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