Cumberland Maryland-1938: Men Digging A Trench With Shovels In A Wooded Area

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCumberland, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Cumberland Maryland

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Men Digging A Trench With Shovels In A Wooded Area — Clip Details

CUMBERLAND MARYLAND-1938: Men work in a wooded area, digging a trench or ditch with shovels. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows workers in period attire laboring in a natural, tree-lined setting. The scene captures manual labor during the late 1930s, with visible piles of excavated earth and a dirt path. The grainy black-and-white image and film borders evoke a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic vintage 8mm home movie footage for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265927

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: 1930s Cumberland, Maryland footage for documentary or educational edits needing authentic manual labor, trench digging, or wooded work-site scenes.
Period detail: The workers' simple brimmed hats, hand shovels, dirt path, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s home-movie view of outdoor labor.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, slightly distant position as men continue digging and moving around the trench without performing for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible details include men with shovels, piles of excavated earth, a dirt path, trees, scattered rocks, a trench edge, and rough wooden stakes or boards.
Film character: The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge shadows, and slight handheld or projector-frame instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway or transition for Depression-era labor, public works, rural construction, or memory sequences about manual work.
Historical context: The scene documents hand excavation in a wooded setting, showing laborers working with shovels before mechanized equipment is visible in the frames.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable here; confirm copyright status separately from likeness, location, and any property permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm men digging trench, Cumberland Maryland labor footage, wooded ditch work, and vintage home movie shovels.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Cumberland scenes, then other 1938 Maryland footage, then broader 1930s manual labor or outdoor work clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Cumberland, Maryland home-movie frame showing a wooded work area with a trench, dirt path, rocks, and mounded earth. — A dirt path and trench run through a wooded excavation area.

1938 Cumberland, Maryland frame showing a trench, excavated soil, trees, and a partly visible worker in the wooded work site. — A worker is partly visible beside the trench and earth piles.

1938 Cumberland, Maryland footage frame showing men with shovels working near a trench in a tree-lined dirt clearing. — Men with shovels work beside the trench in the wooded clearing.

1938 Cumberland, Maryland frame with workers and shovels beside a trench, surrounded by dirt piles, rocks, and trees. — Workers remain near the trench as the wooded excavation continues.

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