Virginia City California-1937: Comstock Assay Office Brick Building With Gabled Roof

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationVirginia City, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Virginia City California

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Comstock Assay Office Brick Building With Gabled Roof — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film from 1937 captures the Comstock Assay Office, a sturdy brick building with a gabled roof and prominent signage. The footage, shot in Virginia City, California, shows the structure against a backdrop of rolling hills under a partly cloudy sky. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-20th century home movie aesthetic. The camera remains steady, focusing on the building's facade and architectural details, including its windows and chimney. This archival clip offers a glimpse into early 20th-century industrial architecture and small-town life, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127259826

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Virginia City, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie view of a signed brick assay office for documentary, museum, or editorial projects needing small-town mining-era architecture.
Period detail: The brick gable wall, simple storefront sign, sash windows, utility poles, and hillside setting may show preserved early industrial streetscape details filmed in 1937.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, holding on the building facade and nearby town architecture rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Comstock Assay Office sign, brick gabled roof, windows, chimney, utility lines, hills, and a nearby church steeple in the wider view.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and steady framing typical of amateur travel footage from physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, historical insert, location transition, or memory beat within mining-town or Western heritage sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually connects a signed assay office with small-town streetscape and hillside surroundings, without confirming business operation or ownership status.
Research note: The building sign is readable, so trademark, location identification, and property-context review may be needed even though no people or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1937 8mm Virginia City assay office, Comstock Assay Office brick building, mining town storefront, and vintage Western town footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Virginia City shots, then other 1937 location views, then broader clips of mining towns, brick storefronts, churches, and hillside streets.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm frame of the Comstock Assay Office in Virginia City, California, showing a brick gable wall, storefront sign, windows, and hills. — Comstock Assay Office facade with brick gable, sign, and hillside backdrop.

Signed Comstock Assay Office brick building in Virginia City, California, framed close with gabled roof, chimney, sky, and hillside visible. — Close view of the assay office sign beneath the brick gable roof.

The camera holds on the Comstock Assay Office, emphasizing its brick gable end, roofline, partial sign, window openings, and rolling hillside. — Brick gable and partial facade of the Comstock Assay Office.

Wider Virginia City street view with a church steeple, utility pole, hillside backdrop, and neighboring building, filmed on 8mm in 1937. — Nearby church steeple and hillside town setting at the end of the clip.

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