California-1936: Summer Day Men Appear To Be Working On The Railroad With One

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

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Summer Day Men Appear To Be Working On The Railroad With One — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this California footage captures a group of men working on a railroad track under a bright summer sun. Dressed in dark pants and shirts, several workers bend over the rails, appearing to lift or adjust a steel beam, while one man in a hat supervises. The scene unfolds on a sun-drenched hillside with dry earth and sparse vegetation, viewed from a moving train with visible frame borders. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of historical Americana and labor during the Great Depression era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127477198

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: 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

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: Useful for documentary or educational requests about 1930s California rail work, rural infrastructure, and Depression-era labor shown through home-movie footage.
Period detail: The hats, work clothes, 8mm color look, and open rail right-of-way support a 1930s reading, while the exact railroad line is not identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the observer's passing-train viewpoint as men pause or work near the rails without staged address to the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several adult men, railroad tracks, dry hillside earth, sparse vegetation, fence posts, utility poles, and strong midday sunlight.
Film character: The clip has warm faded color, soft focus, heavy grain, frame-edge borders, and slight handheld or vehicle motion typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, transportation transition, or period texture beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show maintenance or adjustment work on a rural rail line, offering visual context for manual infrastructure labor in prewar California.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from any personal or location rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s California railroad workers, 8mm rail maintenance footage, men working on tracks, and rural rail labor home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then other 1936 California scenes, then railroad, labor, rural transport, or Depression-era work themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing adult men gathered around a rail line beside a dry hillside, viewed from a passing train. — Men appear to work around a rail on a sunlit hillside track.

Adult men appear to inspect or adjust a rail on a California hillside track in 1936 home-movie footage. — Workers cluster near the left rail as the track curves ahead.

A man in a hat stands beside several men bending near a railroad rail, with dry California hillside terrain behind them. — One man stands while others bend over the rail beside the hillside.

Late frame of 1936 California rail work, with men beside the track and open dry hills visible beyond the rails. — The group remains at the rail as the track stretches into dry hills.

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