Sacramento California-1937: Two Men Working On A Construction Site

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

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Two Men Working On A Construction Site — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures two men working at a construction site in Sacramento, California. One man in a blue shirt and cap operates a power tool on a wooden structure, while another man in a light-colored shirt and cap shovels dirt nearby. The scene unfolds outdoors with natural light, showing a rustic work environment with tools and materials. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century labor and construction.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127256002

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Useful for documentary or education edits needing 1930s Sacramento home-movie footage of outdoor manual labor and small construction activity.
Period detail: The caps, work clothes, hand shovel, wooden structure, and exposed earth may show everyday Depression-era construction or repair work rather than a formal worksite.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing two men at work from a nearby fixed position without performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, caps, blue work shirts, a shovel, a wooden structure, reddish dirt, cables or hoses, and outdoor vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, gate edges, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor cutaway, transition into a building sequence, or memory beat about everyday work.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for small-scale outdoor construction labor in Sacramento, with tools and clothing shown from a household-film viewpoint.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from people or property rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Sacramento construction work, 1930s men shoveling dirt, 8mm home movie labor footage, and vintage California worksite scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Sacramento 1937 material, then broader 1930s California labor or construction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento home-movie footage, two adult men work outdoors beside a wooden structure and a mound of reddish dirt. — Two men work at an outdoor construction or repair area beside a wooden structure.

A man in a cap shovels near exposed earth while another man remains seated by tools in the Sacramento work scene. — One worker shovels dirt while another sits near the wooden work area.

The foreground worker bends over a shovel as the seated worker watches or handles something beside the wooden structure. — A shoveling worker crosses the foreground while the second worker remains near the structure.

Near the end of the clip, the shoveling man stands close to the dirt bank while the seated man remains by the tool area. — The shovel is visible in the foreground as both men continue working at the outdoor site.

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