Sacramento California-1937: Man in Blue Shirt Lifts Log from Ground in Orchard

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

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Man in Blue Shirt Lifts Log from Ground in Orchard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a man in a blue shirt and tan pants operating a large mechanical saw in a sunny orchard. He lifts a long wooden log from the ground, maneuvering it onto a cutting platform. The scene unfolds outdoors under bright daylight, with lush green trees and grass in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century manual labor and rural life.

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: 127255625

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1937 Sacramento 8mm clip supports requests for Depression-era California rural labor, orchard work, or machinery cutaways in documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The clothing, small-gauge color film, orchard setting, and exposed mechanical equipment may show late-1930s agricultural work as recorded in a home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a man handling a long log at close range, giving the scene an unstaged record of practical outdoor labor rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a blue shirt, tan work pants, a long log, a mechanical saw or rig, grass, orchard trees, soil, and sunlit equipment shadows.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie viewpoint that adds period texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, cutaway, or transitional beat for orchard labor, wood handling, rural machinery, or family-recorded work activity.
Historical context: The clip places manual handling of timber or orchard material within a California outdoor setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific task beyond equipment-assisted lifting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s Sacramento orchard work, 8mm California farm labor, vintage home movie mechanical saw, and man lifting log outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1937 Sacramento material, and then with broader orchard labor, rural machinery, or home-movie work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento home-movie footage, a man in a blue shirt bends near a mechanical saw or rig beside a long log in an orchard. — A man works beside a mechanical rig and a long log in the orchard.

The man leans over the orchard equipment, with the long log positioned near the platform and trees visible behind him. — The worker leans over the equipment while preparing the log.

In the Sacramento orchard scene, the man stands beside the rig and lifts a long log upward toward the equipment platform. — The man raises the long log toward the equipment platform.

The man steadies the long log at an angle near the orchard machinery, with rows of trees and grass in the background. — The log is held at an angle as the man steadies it beside the rig.

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