Sacramento California-1937: Young Men Completing Hard Industrial Work On A

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Young Men Completing Hard Industrial Work On A — Clip Details

SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA-1937: Young men in work clothes labor on a construction site, operating a large industrial drilling rig. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the gritty reality of manual labor with visible film grain and vintage color saturation. Workers in caps and heavy clothing operate machinery amidst concrete blocks and metal components under bright daylight. The scene reflects the industrial work ethic of the 1930s, offering authentic archival footage for historical documentaries, educational content, and nostalgic projects.

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: 127255957

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Sacramento-area industrial labor requests needing authentic 8mm construction-site footage with workers and heavy machinery.
Period detail: The work clothes, caps, exposed rig structure, and color 8mm look support a late-1930s industrial or construction setting, consistent with the supplied 1937 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, close vantage as men work around machinery, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of manual labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large drilling rig or industrial machine, concrete blocks, hoses or cables, workers in caps, dirt ground, and sunlit outdoor construction materials.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and contact-frame dark borders that add physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor-history cutaway, industrial-process detail, or transitional memory beat within a Depression-era or regional history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents men performing physically demanding outdoor industrial work, without enough frame evidence to identify the project or company.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos are apparent; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Sacramento 8mm construction work, Depression-era industrial labor, men operating drilling rig, and vintage California worksite footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Sacramento or 1937 California material, then with broader industrial labor and construction themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento 8mm frame showing an outdoor industrial rig, tires, cables, and concrete components in bright daylight. — Industrial machinery and concrete materials fill the worksite frame.

1937 Sacramento worksite view with a large rig, metal supports, tires, and concrete elements on 8mm film. — The camera holds on the rig and surrounding construction materials.

1937 Sacramento 8mm frame with men in work clothes crouched near machinery, cables, concrete blocks, and dirt ground. — Workers bend near the base of the rig at the outdoor site.

1937 Sacramento worksite frame showing workers beside a large rig, concrete forms, cables, and sunlit outdoor materials. — Men work low to the ground beside the machinery and concrete pieces.

Visually Similar Clips