Sacramento California-1937: Two Men Install Utility Pole In Orchard

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

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Two Men Install Utility Pole In Orchard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures two men working on a utility pole in Sacramento, California. One man in a light shirt and hat crouches at the base, securing the pole in a concrete footing, while another in dark clothing operates a blue mechanical tool mounted on the pole. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched orchard with leafy trees and sandy ground, showcasing mid-century American infrastructure work. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, offering authentic archival footage for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127257486

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Sacramento, California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Sacramento home-movie footage useful for documentary or museum sequences on rural utility work, orchard settings, and everyday infrastructure labor.
Period detail: The work clothes, brimmed hat, small utility pole, and open orchard setting may show prewar California farm or property infrastructure activity.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie feel, with one man crouching close to the pole while another stands nearby as the camera observes the work from a fixed distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a small utility pole, a blue mounted tool, concrete footing, sandy ground, orchard trees, strong sunlight, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm color grain, soft focus, slight exposure fluctuation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway or insert for rural electrification, property maintenance, orchard labor, or 1930s California atmosphere.
Historical context: The clip visually places manual utility-pole work within an orchard landscape, suggesting small-scale infrastructure activity without confirming the project or property owner.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1937 Sacramento orchard utility pole work, 8mm home movie infrastructure repair, and California farm maintenance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Sacramento home movies, then other 1937 California orchard footage, then broader 1930s utility and farm labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento footage, one man crouches at the base of a small utility pole as another stands beside a mounted blue tool in an orchard. — Two men work around a small utility pole set in sandy orchard ground.

The Sacramento orchard scene shows a crouching worker at the pole footing with another man standing close to the blue pole-mounted device. — A worker stays low at the pole base as another man stands near the tool.

A man in a light shirt bends over the base of the utility pole in the Sacramento orchard while a second man stands beside him. — The crouching worker adjusts something at the pole base in the orchard.

Near the end of the clip, the worker kneels by the pole footing in the 1937 Sacramento orchard as a second man stands next to him. — A kneeling worker handles the pole footing while another man stands nearby.

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