California-1936: Worker Applies Rear Brake to Flat Railway Car

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Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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Worker Applies Rear Brake to Flat Railway Car — Clip Details

A worker in 1930s attire stands beside a flat railway car on a rural track in California, applying the rear brake as a small locomotive moves past. The black-and-white 8mm footage captures the man’s deliberate motion against a backdrop of rolling hills under a bright sky. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip shows natural grain and slight motion blur, evoking a sense of mid-century industrial labor and transportation history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 127476708

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1936 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s editorial or documentary requests needing California railroad labor, rail equipment, or rural transportation process footage.
Period detail: The worker's clothing, small rail car, visible hand brake action, and black-and-white 8mm source support a 1936 railroad work setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an observed work moment, with a person filmed from trackside as he handles equipment rather than performing for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a worker, flat railway car, rail tracks, a small locomotive or rail unit, rolling hills, bright sky, and dark film frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, high-contrast sunlight, soft detail, slight motion blur, and contact-frame edges that preserve its physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an industrial insert, transportation cutaway, labor-process transition, or brief visual beat within a rail history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places manual rail work in a rural California landscape, showing human handling of equipment alongside moving rail machinery.
Research note: A person and possible rail markings are visible, so likeness and brand or operator identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1936 California 8mm railroad worker, vintage rail brake, flat railway car, rural tracks, and home-movie industrial labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel rail or travel shots, then other California 1936 material, then broader vintage railroad labor and transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a worker reaching toward the rear of a flat railway car on rural railroad tracks. — Worker reaches toward rail equipment beside a flat car on open tracks.

Worker in 1930s California footage stands at the rear of a flat railway car while dark rail equipment fills the right side of the frame. — Trackside worker handles equipment at the rear of a flat railway car.

1936 California rail scene with a worker beside a flat car, one arm raised toward the brake or coupling area. — Worker signals or reaches while standing beside the rail car.

Final 1936 California frame shows the worker bending near the rear of the flat railway car as the rail unit continues past. — Worker bends near the rear brake or coupling area of the flat car.

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