Cumberland Maryland-1938: Ore Refinery Owner Visits Work Area

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

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Ore Refinery Owner Visits Work Area — Clip Details

CUMBERLAND MARYLAND-1938: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a visit to an industrial ore refinery work area. The footage shows piles of sand and gravel, a dirt path, and a man in period attire standing near a classic automobile. The scene is set outdoors under bright daylight, with trees and industrial structures in the background. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film edges, evokes a sense of historical documentation from the late 1930s.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265933

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

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 Cumberland industrial home-movie footage for productions needing a brief exterior work-site visit, ore-refinery context, or period labor landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show late-1930s clues including black-and-white 8mm texture, gravel or ore piles, work-yard surfaces, period clothing, and a classic automobile.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing a suited man near a work area and car rather than staging a formal industrial demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounded sand or ore, rough ground, trees, a dirt path, a man in a suit or coat, stacked materials, and a period automobile.
Film character: The scan carries strong home-movie character through soft focus, high-contrast black-and-white exposure, gate edges, frame jitter, and visible contact-sheet borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for 1930s industrial travel, site inspection, or small-town work-area coverage.
Historical context: The footage visually places an apparent refinery or aggregate work area within an outdoor Cumberland setting, with industry, visitors, and transportation sharing the frame.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and any property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Cumberland Maryland refinery footage, 8mm industrial work yard, Depression-era ore piles, and vintage home movie factory visit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 Cumberland footage, then broader 1930s industrial sites, quarry or ore handling, and period automobile scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Cumberland, Maryland work-area view with gravel or ore piles, trees, and rough ground seen through 8mm home-movie framing. — Gravel or ore piles and trees border a rough outdoor work area.

A Cumberland work yard in 1938 appears with mounded sand or ore, a dirt path, trees, and soft black-and-white 8mm texture. — Mounded material and a dirt path define the outdoor refinery work area.

A man stands near stacked materials and gravel or ore piles in the 1938 Cumberland refinery work area. — A suited visitor stands near stacked materials at the work site.

In the Cumberland work area, a man stands near stacked materials while a classic automobile is parked at the edge of the frame. — A visitor and period automobile appear beside the outdoor work area.

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