Sacramento California-1937: Man Places Two By Four On Top Of Tower With Crucifix

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

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Man Places Two By Four On Top Of Tower With Crucifix — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this archival footage captures a man working atop a wooden tower structure in Sacramento, California. The man, silhouetted against a bright sky, places a two-by-four beam onto the framework of the tower, which features a prominent crucifix at its peak. The grainy, high-contrast black-and-white image shows signs of age with film scratches and dust, characteristic of vintage home movie footage. The scene conveys a sense of manual labor and religious construction during the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127256858

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: Useful for 1930s Sacramento or Depression-era construction sequences needing brief archival evidence of a man working high on a wooden tower with a crucifix.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie view may show 1930s timber framing, simple manual placement of lumber, and a cross-like crucifix mounted above the tower structure.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer's angle, watching a silhouetted worker balance and guide a board into place from below.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a wooden tower frame, diagonal braces, hanging ropes or cables, a silhouetted man, a long board, a crucifix at the top, and bright open sky.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm texture with visible grain, high-contrast silhouette, slight exposure variation, dust, scratches, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, construction cutaway, religious-build detail, or transition beat in a 1930s labor or community sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually connects manual outdoor construction with religious symbolism, while the exact purpose of the tower is not identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: A person is visible but not facially identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any site or property permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Sacramento 8mm footage, man on wooden tower, crucifix construction, Depression-era labor, and vintage home movie building work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sacramento 1937 material, then broader 1930s construction, church, or religious-structure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento footage, a man appears silhouetted on a wooden tower frame beneath a small crucifix against a bright sky. — A man works high on the timber frame near the crucifix at the tower top.

The 1937 Sacramento frame shows the worker within the upper bracing of a wooden tower, with the crucifix visible above him. — The worker is partly enclosed by the upper timber bracing beneath the cross.

In the 1937 Sacramento home-movie shot, the man appears to guide a board across the top of the wooden tower structure. — The man handles a long board along the tower's upper framework.

The final frame shows the 1937 Sacramento tower from below, with the worker silhouetted among beams and the crucifix at the top. — The tower and crucifix remain in view as the worker continues near the upper beams.

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