Sacramento California-1937: Hard Working Men Building A House In The Middle Of

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

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Hard Working Men Building A House In The Middle Of — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a group of men constructing a wooden structure in an open field in Sacramento, California. Dressed in period-appropriate attire including hats and work clothes, the workers use ladders, ropes, and wooden beams to assemble the framework. The scene unfolds on a grassy plot with bare trees in the background, under overcast skies, showcasing authentic mid-20th century manual labor. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color shift of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into historical construction practices.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127256650

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

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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 home-movie requests needing brief construction, manual labor, or rural building activity in Sacramento, California.
Period detail: Visible period clues include brimmed hats, work clothes, timber framing, ladders, ropes, and hand-guided assembly methods that may show Depression-era building practice.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual home-movie distance as men work around the frame without posing for the lens.
What appears in frame: Men in hats, wooden ladders, rope lines, dark structural beams, bare trees, grass, and stacked lumber are visible across the frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, transition, or memory beat for domestic building and community work.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for small-scale construction using visible hand labor and simple site equipment in an open Sacramento setting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed even if no logos, music, or clearly identifiable private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm construction footage, Sacramento home movie building frame, men working with ladders and ropes, and rural house construction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel construction scenes, then Sacramento or 1937 material, then broader 1930s manual labor or home-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento home-movie footage, men in hats work around ladders, ropes, and dark timber framing in an open field. — Workers stand beside ladders and structural beams during outdoor construction.

Men work beside a raised wooden frame with ladders, ropes, grass, and bare trees visible in the background. — Ropes and ladders surround the partially assembled wooden structure.

A man in a coat walks past another worker near ladders and dark beams at the Sacramento construction site. — Men move around ladders and timber supports on the work site.

Workers are seen beneath tall wooden supports, with a ladder, rope, grass, and leafless trees around the site. — Workers gather beneath the timber frame near a ladder and rope lines.

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