California-1936: Vintage 8mm Film of Men Working on Oil Rig Platform

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

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Vintage 8mm Film of Men Working on Oil Rig Platform — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1936: Vintage 8mm film captures men working on an oil rig platform in black and white. Workers in caps and work clothes operate machinery under a bright sky, with one man raising his arms in triumph. The footage shows the gritty reality of early 20th-century industrial labor, with visible film grain and a handheld camera perspective. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse into the oil industry during the 1930s, showcasing the daily activities and environment of oil field workers.

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: 127477654

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 industrial-labor requests needing real 8mm footage of oil-field workers on or near a rig platform.
Period detail: Work caps, plain work clothes, exposed platform structure, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a 1930s oil-field setting, with California supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes workers at close range, including one man gesturing broadly toward the operator, giving the clip an informal home-movie view of labor activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in work clothes, rig platform railings, machinery, a shade umbrella, open sky, flat oil-field ground, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has strong monochrome grain, high sun exposure, soft focus, gate-edge shadows, and slight handheld movement consistent with original 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short industrial insert, labor cutaway, transition into oil-field history, or personal-memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The frames show manual activity around oil-field equipment and suggest the everyday presence of workers within an exposed industrial outdoor setting.
Research note: People are visible and some faces may be identifiable, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any site or property assessment.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1930s California oil rig workers, vintage 8mm oil field labor, black-and-white industrial home movie, and men on rig platform.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California material, then broader 1930s industry, oil-field labor, and machinery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing men in work clothes near oil-rig platform structure and machinery. — Workers stand and bend near platform equipment on an outdoor oil-field rig.

Black-and-white 8mm view of California oil-field workers on a platform with railings, equipment, and bright sky. — Men occupy different levels of a rig platform, with machinery and railings visible below.

1936 California home-movie frame of a worker in a cap leaning near equipment under a shade umbrella. — A worker in profile leans beside equipment, partly shaded by an umbrella.

Black-and-white 8mm frame showing a man with raised arms near oil-field equipment in California, 1936. — A man gestures with both arms raised beside rig equipment and open oil-field ground.

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