Vacaville California-1937: Two Men Working In A Cornfield

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationVacaville, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Vacaville California

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Two Men Working In A Cornfield — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures two individuals working in a dense cornfield in Vacaville, California. A man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark jacket moves through the tall stalks, inspecting or harvesting the crops. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the natural texture of the corn leaves and the rustic, labor-intensive nature of early 20th-century agriculture. The handheld camera follows the workers, offering an intimate, archival glimpse into rural life and farming practices of the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127259674

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: Vacaville, 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: 1930s rural California 8mm footage suited to documentary or museum sequences about farm labor, crop inspection, and home-movie views of agricultural life.
Period detail: Wide-brimmed hats, dark jackets, tall corn rows, and monochrome 8mm texture support the 1937 home-movie setting in Vacaville, California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the men as they move through corn stalks, giving an informal, unstaged view of field work rather than a posed agricultural scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, wide-brimmed hats, dark coats, dense corn leaves, tall stalks, handheld framing, and soft black-and-white exposure.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm monochrome texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that preserve the feel of a short home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for early twentieth-century farming, rural labor, or California agriculture sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows people working among dense corn rows, offering visual context for small-scale or hand-tended farm activity without proving a specific crop process.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1937 Vacaville cornfield, 1930s California farm workers, 8mm home movie agriculture, men working in crops, and vintage rural labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Vacaville or 1937 California material, and then with broader farm work or crop-field home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1937 Vacaville footage, a man in a hat and jacket is seen from behind while moving through a dense cornfield. — A man works or inspects plants among tall corn rows.

A man in a brimmed hat appears to handle or inspect corn leaves in the Vacaville field, filmed in soft monochrome 8mm. — The worker reaches into the corn plants while standing in the row.

A man in a light brimmed hat bends near the corn rows, with another figure partly visible in the foliage behind him. — One worker bends near the stalks as another figure is partly obscured by leaves.

Two adult men in hats are visible within the Vacaville cornfield, one close to camera and another partly hidden by the plants. — Two men stand among dense corn leaves near the end of the clip.

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