Sacramento California-1937: Person Placing Two By Four On Top Of Tower

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

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Person Placing Two By Four On Top Of Tower — Clip Details

A person works atop a wooden tower structure under construction in Sacramento, California, in 1937. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a worker placing a two-by-four beam onto the framework of the tower, which features a cross at its peak. The grainy, monochrome image reflects the era's home movie aesthetic, with visible film grain and soft focus. The scene is set outdoors on a bright day, with the worker silhouetted against the sky, emphasizing the manual labor involved in building the structure.

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: 127256868

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 documentary or educational edits needing Sacramento home-movie footage of outdoor construction labor and a small wooden tower framework.
Period detail: The footage shows hand-built timber framing, simple work clothes, and 8mm monochrome handling that fit the supplied 1937 Sacramento home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from below as a silhouetted worker places lumber on the tower, giving the scene an unstaged observer's view of manual construction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden tower frame, cross-bracing, a small cross at the top, a worker silhouette, loose beams, sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and steady but modest home-movie framing give the clip a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, construction insert, transition, or memory beat for Depression-era labor, community building, or Sacramento context.
Historical context: The scene documents a worker handling lumber on a small elevated structure, but the purpose of the tower is not identifiable from the visible frames alone.
Research note: A person is visible but not facially identifiable; review copyright separately from any likeness, site, or structure-related concerns before use.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1937 Sacramento 8mm construction footage, worker on wooden tower, home movie building frame, or Depression-era labor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Sacramento 1937 material, then related 1930s outdoor construction, carpentry, or community-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento 8mm frame showing a worker silhouetted inside a wooden tower framework against the sky. — A worker stands within the upper framing of a wooden tower structure.

1937 Sacramento home-movie frame of a worker high in a timber tower structure, with a small cross visible near the top. — The worker remains near the top of the timber frame as the small cross rises above it.

1937 Sacramento 8mm still showing a worker partly hidden among the beams of a timber tower under construction. — The worker is partly obscured by the tower's cross-braced wooden frame.

1937 Sacramento frame showing a silhouetted worker near the top of a wooden tower, appearing to handle a beam. — A worker appears to position a beam near the upper edge of the tower frame.

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