Sacramento California-1937: Old Style Filming Of Three People Surrounded By Trees

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

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Old Style Filming Of Three People Surrounded By Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures three people working in a rural orchard in Sacramento, California. A woman in a light-colored dress and two men in work clothes are seen constructing a concrete foundation or platform, surrounded by bare trees. The footage exhibits the characteristic blue tint and grain of early color film, with natural daylight illuminating the scene. The camera remains stationary, documenting a moment of manual labor and community effort in a classic 1930s American setting.

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: 127256118

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: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie evidence of small-scale outdoor construction or rural labor in Sacramento, California.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm format, bare orchard rows, and simple hand-built concrete work may show late-1930s rural domestic or farm-adjacent activity.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as three adults concentrate on manual work while the camera observes from a fixed family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, a concrete slab or platform, upright posts, orchard trees, bare soil, boards or tools, and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage carries blue-shifted early color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and steady 8mm framing that give it strong physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, rural labor insert, construction detail, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents informal outdoor building work in an orchard setting without supporting claims about the structure's purpose or ownership.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1937 Sacramento home movie, 8mm orchard work, 1930s rural California labor, and concrete platform construction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Sacramento or 1937 material, then broader orchard, rural labor, or home construction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento home-movie footage, three adults appear to work around a concrete slab or foundation in an orchard. — Three adults gather around a small outdoor construction area in an orchard.

Three adults are seen beside upright posts and a concrete platform, with leafless orchard rows behind them in Sacramento. — Workers adjust or inspect the area around a concrete slab and posts.

A fixed 8mm view shows one adult bending at the worksite as two others stand near the concrete platform in the orchard. — One person bends over the work area while the others stand nearby.

The final frame shows adults close to the slab and posts, with bare orchard trees stretching behind the rural Sacramento worksite. — The group remains gathered around the concrete platform at the orchard worksite.

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