Sacramento California-1937: Construction Worker Operating Derrick At Building Site

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Sacramento California

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Construction Worker Operating Derrick At Building Site — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a construction worker in a flat cap and work clothes operating a wooden derrick at a building site in Sacramento, California. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the man adjusting equipment under the structure, surrounded by wooden beams and construction materials. The scene reflects mid-20th century industrial labor, with a raw, authentic feel characteristic of archival Super 8 home movies. The film exhibits natural wear, including scratches and slight fading, enhancing its historical authenticity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127256800

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 construction labor footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing an authentic home-movie view of a derrick at a building site.
Period detail: The flat cap, work clothes, timber framing, simple hoist structure, and 8mm black-and-white look support a 1937-era construction scene, though the exact site is not identified in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged observer's view, holding on a worker as he handles equipment around a wooden derrick rather than presenting a formal industrial film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male construction worker, a flat cap, wooden derrick framing, diagonal braces, cables, ground-level materials, a ladder-like structure, and a roofline in the background.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, scratches, and fading that read as physical home-movie texture from an original film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or transition for Depression-era labor, construction activity, Sacramento local history, or remembered industrial work.
Historical context: The scene visually documents manual construction work around a small derrick, showing how one worker interacted with timber framing and hoisting equipment at a modest building site.
Research note: A person is visible and may require likeness review depending on use; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1937 Sacramento construction worker footage, 8mm home movie building site, wooden derrick operation, and 1930s industrial labor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Sacramento 1937 material, and then with broader 1930s construction, labor, or building-site footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento home-movie frame showing part of a wooden derrick or construction frame, with loose materials at ground level. — Wooden framing and construction materials appear at the building site.

1937 Sacramento frame with a construction worker under a timber derrick structure near cables, braces, and building materials. — A worker stands below the derrick frame at the construction site.

1937 Sacramento home-movie frame showing a worker handling equipment near the base of a wooden derrick at a building site. — The worker leans toward equipment at the base of the derrick.

1937 Sacramento frame showing a construction worker beside a wooden derrick, with bracing, cables, and a ladder-like element visible. — The worker stands beside the braced derrick structure near site materials.

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