Sacramento California-1937: Two People Sorting Wood Blocks in Backyard

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

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Two People Sorting Wood Blocks in Backyard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment in a suburban backyard in Sacramento, California. Two individuals, a man and a woman in light-colored clothing, sort and arrange wooden blocks and planks on a grassy lawn. The scene unfolds under bare trees, suggesting early spring, with a distinct blue color cast typical of early film stock. The footage exhibits natural grain, slight blur, and the characteristic frame borders of an old home movie, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 127256309

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 Sacramento home-movie requests needing a quiet backyard work or domestic-life cutaway with two adults handling wood outdoors.
Period detail: Light clothing, bare trees, simple lawn layout, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show late-1930s suburban yard activity in Sacramento.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged handling of boards or blocks as two adults bend, stand, and sort materials in a backyard setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, grass, bare trees, scattered wood pieces, a low dark border or edging, and pale backyard structures in the distance.
Film character: The clip has a soft blue cast, visible grain, rounded frame edges, slight blur, and contact-print framing consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, domestic-life insert, or transition between broader scenes of 1930s California homes and outdoor chores.
Historical context: The scene offers modest visual context for everyday outdoor household labor without identifying the people, address, or purpose of the wood sorting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Sacramento 8mm home movie, backyard wood sorting, adults in suburban yard, and Depression-era California domestic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Sacramento 1937 home movies, then related clips of backyard chores, yards, and informal domestic activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento home-movie frame showing two adults in a grassy backyard near scattered boards or blocks under bare trees. — Two adults stand and bend near wood pieces in a grassy backyard.

1937 Sacramento backyard view with one adult standing and another bending near boards or blocks on the grass. — One adult stands while another bends near wood in the yard.

Home-movie frame from Sacramento in 1937 showing adults handling wood pieces beside grass, bare trees, and a low dark edge. — Adults handle wood pieces beside a low edge in the backyard.

1937 Sacramento frame with two adults near scattered boards or blocks on a grassy lawn beneath leafless trees. — Two adults continue sorting or arranging wood on the lawn.

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