Sacramento California-1937: Laborers Excavate and Position Wooden Beam

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

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Laborers Excavate and Position Wooden Beam — Clip Details

SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA-1937: A vintage 8mm home movie clip captures three people working outdoors in a sun-drenched orchard, likely during spring. Two men in light-colored shirts and dark pants use shovels to dig around a concrete foundation, while a woman in a white dress and pants assists with a wooden beam. The footage exhibits the characteristic blue color cast and grain of 1930s Super 8 film, with bare trees in the background suggesting early season work. This archival footage offers a candid glimpse into mid-century labor and community projects.

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: 127256193

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: 1930s Sacramento home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational edits about outdoor labor, small construction tasks, or family/community work in California.
Period detail: The light clothing, 8mm color home-movie format, and orchard setting may show late-1930s informal work clothing and rural or suburban outdoor space.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-looking moment of adults digging and lifting a wooden beam beside a concrete base, filmed from a nearby observer's perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, shovels, a wooden beam, a concrete foundation, bare orchard trees, open ground, and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage has a blue color cast, soft focus, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, labor insert, or memory beat for practical outdoor work and family-scale construction activity.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday manual work around an orchard or yard structure without enough visual evidence to identify the project or property.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches this clip may answer include 1930s Sacramento 8mm home movie, orchard digging, people with shovels, and California outdoor work footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Sacramento or 1937 California material, then broader orchard, digging, and home construction themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento home-movie footage, two adults dig beside a concrete foundation with bare orchard trees behind them. — Two adults use shovels around a concrete base in an orchard setting.

Three adults in 1937 Sacramento footage lift or position a wooden beam beside a concrete base in an orchard. — Three adults gather around a beam while working near the foundation.

A woman in light clothing stands at left while two adults dig near a concrete foundation in Sacramento orchard footage from 1937. — One person stands aside as two others continue digging near the base.

Two adults continue digging or handling material beside a concrete base in 1937 Sacramento outdoor home-movie footage. — Workers bend over the soil next to the concrete foundation and posts.

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