Sacramento California-1937: Man Working On A Construction Site On Top Of A Scaffolding

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

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Man Working On A Construction Site On Top Of A Scaffolding — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this archival footage captures a construction worker atop a tall wooden scaffolding structure in Sacramento, California. The grainy black-and-white clip shows the man, wearing a cap and work clothes, standing on the upper platform as he works on the framework. The low-angle perspective emphasizes the height and scale of the industrial construction site. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including visible grain and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century labor and building practices.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127256938

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm construction footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief view of a worker on elevated scaffolding in Sacramento.
Period detail: The frame may show period construction practice through timber scaffolding, work clothes, a cap, and a low-angle view consistent with the 1937 Sacramento metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from below with a brief, observational home-movie feel, valuing the worker's small movements and the height of the structure over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone worker, cap, upper platform, timber beams, diagonal bracing, ladder-like supports, pale sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, high contrast, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders that give it physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor-history cutaway, construction transition, or visual memory beat about building work and height.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for manual construction work and elevated scaffold labor without identifying the project, employer, or exact site beyond the supplied Sacramento metadata.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no visible brands or private interiors apparent.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm construction worker, Sacramento scaffolding footage, Depression-era labor cutaway, and archival home-movie building site.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Sacramento or 1937 material, then with broader construction, labor, scaffolding, and industrial work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento 8mm frame showing a tall timber scaffold from below, with diagonal bracing silhouetted against a pale sky. — A tall wooden scaffold structure is seen from below against the sky.

1937 Sacramento frame showing a worker on the upper edge of a wooden scaffold, viewed from a low angle against the sky. — A worker stands on the top section of the scaffold framework.

1937 Sacramento 8mm frame with a distant worker on a high timber scaffold, surrounded by beams and diagonal supports. — The worker remains on the upper scaffold as the frame emphasizes the height of the structure.

1937 Sacramento frame showing a distant worker near the right edge of an elevated wooden scaffold, with heavy bracing below. — A worker is positioned near the right side of the elevated scaffold platform.

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