Sacramento California-1937: Working Out In The Field Taking Care Of Business In

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

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Working Out In The Field Taking Care Of Business In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a man operating a large red logging machine in a wooded area near Sacramento, California. The footage shows the heavy machinery in action, with a worker in a light-colored shirt and dark pants managing the equipment. Trees and a clear blue sky form the backdrop, with the camera tilting upward to reveal tall poles and wires against the sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a strong sense of mid-20th century Americana and industrial labor.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127255574

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: 1930s 8mm field-work footage useful for documentary or educational edits about rural labor, forestry equipment, machinery, and California home-movie records.
Period detail: The clip may show 1930s timber or field machinery, with a worker, large tire, red metal equipment, poles, cables, trees, and open sky visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie camera observes a worker and then tilts toward the equipment rigging, giving the scene an unstaged, bystander view of outdoor labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in work clothes, red machinery, a large tire, tall poles, cables or wires, trees, brush, and blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of the original home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, industrial labor insert, equipment detail, or transition from ground-level work to overhead rigging.
Historical context: The footage places heavy outdoor equipment and manual oversight in a wooded California setting without confirming the exact type of machine or worksite from the frames alone.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any worksite or property permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1930s 8mm California field work, Sacramento forestry machinery, vintage logging equipment, or home movie labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Sacramento or 1937 material, then with broader 1930s forestry, machinery, and rural labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento-area 8mm frame showing a worker near red outdoor machinery, a large tire, trees, poles, and clear sky. — A worker stands near red field or forestry machinery in a wooded outdoor setting.

1937 Sacramento-area frame with red equipment partly visible below tall poles and cables against trees and sky. — The camera frames the machinery below tall poles and rigging lines.

8mm frame from the Sacramento-area clip showing poles and rigging lines rising above trees into open sky. — The view tilts upward to poles and cables over the wooded work area.

Final 1937 Sacramento-area frame focusing on tall poles, cables, blue sky, and treetops at the edge of the worksite. — Poles and cables dominate the final upward-looking frame.

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