Sacramento California-1937: Man In A Hat Adjusting Tarp On Water Tower

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

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Man In A Hat Adjusting Tarp On Water Tower — Clip Details

A man in a hat stands on a wooden platform atop a water tower in Sacramento, California, in 1937. He adjusts a large tarp covering the tank against a vivid blue sky. The 8mm home movie footage shows him moving and crouching as he works, with the structure's metal framework visible. The clip captures a moment of industrial maintenance with authentic vintage film grain and color, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century infrastructure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127257672

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: Supports 1930s California infrastructure or maintenance requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of a worker on an elevated water-tank platform.
Period detail: The clip shows a hat-wearing worker, wooden or metal platform rails, and a tarp-covered tank, consistent with the supplied 1937 Sacramento home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged, distant observer view of a man moving, crouching, and adjusting a cover on an elevated utility structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a worker in a hat, raised platform railings, a tarp-covered round tank, structural supports, vivid blue sky, film gate edges, and dust marks.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate borders, and exposure shifts that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short industrial-maintenance insert, infrastructure cutaway, transition, or period atmosphere beat.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary maintenance activity around water storage infrastructure without identifying the worker or asserting a specific facility.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from any personality or property issues.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Sacramento water tower, 8mm worker on platform, vintage infrastructure maintenance, and tarp-covered water tank.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Sacramento material, then other 1937 California infrastructure footage, then broader water storage or utility maintenance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Sacramento footage, a man stands on a raised water-tank platform near a large tarp-covered tank under a vivid blue sky. — Worker stands on the platform beside the covered tank.

The worker is seen at a distance on the raised platform, with white railings and the tarp-covered water tank behind him. — Worker pauses near the rail as the covered tank fills the background.

The man crouches on the elevated platform while working near the covered tank, seen in soft 8mm color with visible frame borders. — Worker crouches while adjusting or checking the cover.

At the end of the clip, the worker is near the right railing of the elevated Sacramento water-tank platform, with film dust and gate marks visible. — Worker moves along the right side of the platform.

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