Sacramento California-1937: Man Adjusts Two By Four On Top Tower Structure With Crucifix

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

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Man Adjusts Two By Four On Top Tower Structure 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 black-and-white clip shows the worker adjusting a two-by-four beam within a complex wooden framework, with a crucifix visible at the peak. The grainy texture and film edges indicate a home movie origin, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century construction practices. The low-angle shot emphasizes the height and scale of the structure against a pale sky, conveying a sense of manual labor and community building during the era.

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: 127256883

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 brief construction, community project, or elevated manual-labor footage for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The wooden framework, low-angle composition, hand labor, and 8mm black-and-white texture support a 1937 home-movie context in Sacramento.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from below as a man works within the tower frame, giving the clip an unstaged observer view of outdoor labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on the tower, heavy wooden beams, cross-bracing, projecting boards, a small crucifix at the top, pale sky, and film edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm detail, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and frame-edge artifacts that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for construction, civic building, religious symbolism, or Depression-era daily work themes.
Historical context: The footage may show local outdoor construction or assembly work, with a crucifix suggesting a religious or community structure without confirming its identity.
Research note: A person is visible at distance; copyright, likeness, location, and any religious or property associations should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Sacramento 8mm construction footage, man working on wooden tower, crucifix on structure, and black-and-white home movie labor scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel construction scenes, then Sacramento 1937 material, then broader 1930s outdoor labor or religious-structure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento footage, a man appears within a wooden tower frame below a small crucifix against the sky. — Worker positioned high in a wooden tower frame beneath a small crucifix.

Low-angle 1937 Sacramento frame showing a man within the upper wooden structure and crucifix at the top. — Low-angle view of the tower frame with the worker partly obscured by beams.

Sacramento 1937 home-movie still with a worker standing inside a timber framework beneath a small crucifix. — Worker stands inside the timber structure as the crucifix rises above the frame.

A 1937 Sacramento frame shows the worker inside the upper wooden tower, surrounded by beams with a crucifix above. — Worker remains high in the wooden frame, partly silhouetted against the pale sky.

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