Sacramento California-1937: Setting Our Boat Pole Until It Is Completed

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

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Setting Our Boat Pole Until It Is Completed — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a sailboat mast rising against a deep blue sky in Sacramento, California. The camera tilts upward, following the tall wooden pole as it is raised, with rigging lines extending outward. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of early 20th-century boating life. The dark frame borders and slight film imperfections enhance its archival authenticity.

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: 127255595

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Sacramento home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests about small-boat rigging, leisure boating, or period amateur filmmaking.
Period detail: The wooden mast or pole, simple rigging lines, and 8mm color home-movie framing may show a 1930s recreational boating setup without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows the mast from below in an unstaged home-movie view, emphasizing the act of raising or setting the boat pole rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall mast or pole, rigging lines, a blue sky, partial neighboring spars, dark film borders, and a contact-sheet frame layout.
Film character: The clip has saturated blue color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for boating preparation, outdoor leisure, or archival California home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a small visual record of recreational boat handling in the Sacramento area, limited to the visible mast, rigging, and sky.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any collection-specific restrictions before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm sailboat mast, Sacramento home movie boating, vintage boat rigging footage, and wooden pole raised against sky.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 Sacramento footage, then broader 1930s boating or amateur film material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento home-movie frame showing a tall boat mast or pole with rigging lines against a blue sky. — A mast or boat pole extends upward into a saturated blue sky as rigging lines trail from it.

1937 Sacramento footage frame with the upper section of a boat mast and several rigging lines visible against the sky. — The camera view reaches the upper mast, where rigging lines cross the open sky.

1937 Sacramento frame showing the mast or pole nearly upright, with rigging lines and a second spar visible against the sky. — The mast stands high in the frame with rigging and a neighboring spar visible near the edge.

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