California-1936: View Of Brown Shrubs In Desert Field On A Sunny Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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View Of Brown Shrubs In Desert Field On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of a dry, brown desert landscape in California. The camera moves steadily across a vast field of low shrubs under a bright, sunny sky, with distant hills visible on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm color tones, film grain, and subtle scratches, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century Americana. The perspective suggests the view is from a moving vehicle, with dark frame edges framing the scene. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127478060

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1930s California 8mm desert landscape footage suited for documentary inserts, environmental context, or period travel-memory sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1930s home-movie view from a vehicle, with dry scrubland, distant low hills, and dark film gate or window edges visible.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual moving-view observation of open desert terrain, recorded without staging or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include low brown shrubs, dry sandy ground, distant hills, pale sky, dark vertical frame edges, film grain, and light surface marks.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadowing, grain, and fine scratches that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel transition, establishing landscape insert, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents an arid California landscape as seen by an amateur camera, without visible buildings, roads, people, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific use questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1930s California desert 8mm, vintage home movie dry scrubland, and old film moving landscape view would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California footage, then broader desert landscape or travel-view material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm view of low brown desert shrubs, distant hills, and dark frame edges from a moving perspective. — Low shrubs stretch across a dry desert field beneath a bright sky.

1936 California desert terrain with scattered shrubs, sandy ground, distant horizon, and visible 8mm film wear. — A moving view passes over scrubby desert plants and open ground.

1936 California 8mm frame showing dry scrubland, a pale sky, low hills, and soft home-movie color. — Dry shrubs fill the foreground with low hills along the horizon.

1936 California landscape frame with sparse desert vegetation, distant hills, gate shadowing, and visible film grain. — The view opens toward low hills beyond sparse desert vegetation.

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