Cumberland Maryland-1938: Excavation Site with Trenches and Bricks

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCumberland, Maryland, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Cumberland Maryland

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Excavation Site with Trenches and Bricks — Clip Details

CUMBERLAND MARYLAND-1938: This 8mm home movie captures a massive excavation site, likely for a new building foundation. The grainy black-and-white footage shows deep trenches, piles of dirt, and stacks of bricks. A worker in period attire is seen at the edge of the dig, with construction materials and a long concrete form visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, soft focus, and dark borders—evoking a sense of historical documentation from the late 1930s.

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: 127265893

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: 1938 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: Cumberland, Maryland, 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: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie views of urban excavation and foundation work in Cumberland, Maryland.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1930s construction methods through hand-dug earth banks, stacked brick, pipe or lumber, and simple concrete forms.
Home-movie behavior: The short handheld view reads as a passerby or resident recording a local building site rather than a staged construction film.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a deep cut earth wall, loose rubble, stacked bricks, cylindrical materials, a concrete form, a curb drain, and one distant worker.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, dark rounded frame edges, and contact-sheet registration marks.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or contextual cutaway for building, civic change, or Depression-era infrastructure sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents foundation excavation and street-edge construction activity without confirming the building, contractor, or project purpose.
Research note: People appear small and not readily identifiable, but likeness, site permissions, and underlying copyright should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1938 Cumberland Maryland excavation footage, 1930s 8mm construction site, foundation dig home movie, and historic building work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Cumberland 1938 material, then broader 1930s construction, excavation, and urban-change footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cumberland, Maryland 1938 home-movie frame showing a deep excavation face, scattered rubble, and construction materials near the pit edge. — Deep earth cut and loose materials at the excavation site.

Cumberland, Maryland 1938 frame showing a cut earth bank, rubble, and a stack of bricks beside the excavation. — Stacked bricks sit beside the deep excavation wall.

Cumberland, Maryland 1938 home-movie frame showing a worker near a street-edge excavation, with a dirt mound and long concrete form above. — A worker appears near the edge of the excavation and street drain.

Cumberland, Maryland 1938 frame showing the street-side edge of the foundation excavation, with curb drainage and a raised dirt bank. — Street-side view of the excavation edge and concrete form.

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