California-1936: Tractor Plowing Fields in Rural Farming Scene

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

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Tractor Plowing Fields in Rural Farming Scene — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from California in 1936 captures a tractor slowly plowing a vast agricultural field. The black-and-white footage shows a farmer operating the machine, with a plow attachment trailing behind, turning the soil. The scene unfolds under a bright sky, with the tractor moving steadily across the open landscape. The grainy texture and film borders confirm its origin as a home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into rural farming practices of the era.

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: 127477631

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California agricultural coverage, especially documentary or educational edits needing mechanized field work from home-movie-era rural footage.
Period detail: The tractor, trailing plow or field implement, open tilled rows, and black-and-white 8mm look support a 1930s rural farming setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the tractor from a distance as it approaches and works the field, preserving an unstaged view of farm labor rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tractor, seated operator, rear or side farm implement, open field, plowed rows, bright sky, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, mild exposure variation, soft focus, and contact-print framing that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a rural agriculture insert, a mechanization cutaway, or a transition beat within a 1930s California farming sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows mechanized field preparation in an open agricultural landscape, offering visual context for rural work without identifying the farm or operator.
Research note: A person is visible on the tractor, so likeness review may be relevant; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s California farming footage, 8mm tractor plowing field, rural agriculture home movie, and vintage farm machinery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other California 1936 rural scenes, then broader 1930s agriculture or tractor field-work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California home-movie frame showing a tractor and visible operator working across a broad agricultural field. — A tractor approaches across an open field with a farm implement trailing to the side.

The tractor appears closer in the 1936 California farming scene, with the operator visible beneath the canopy-like frame. — The tractor moves forward in the field as curved plow tracks mark the ground behind it.

A closer 8mm frame shows the tractor and operator continuing field work in rural California in 1936. — The tractor fills more of the frame while the attached implement remains visible at the side.

The final frame keeps the tractor centered as the operator drives through the bright California field landscape. — The tractor continues through the field with rows and the trailing implement visible around it.

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