California-1936: A Man Repeatedly Kicks An Animal In The Desert

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

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A Man Repeatedly Kicks An Animal In The Desert — Clip Details

A disturbing 8mm home movie from 1936 captures a man in trousers repeatedly kicking a small animal, likely a raccoon, in a dry, sun-bleached desert landscape. The footage, shot from a fixed perspective, shows the animal lying on the dusty ground as the man's legs and boots enter the frame. The scene unfolds under a bright sky, with the arid terrain stretching into the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a warm, faded color palette, characteristic of vintage home movies. This raw, unfiltered archival footage offers a stark glimpse into a moment of animal abuse in a remote California setting.

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: 127478081

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: This 1930s California 8mm clip helps solve requests for difficult home-movie evidence of human interaction with an animal in a desert setting.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm source format, faded color, and metadata-supported 1936 date place the scene in a Depression-era California home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays at a low, fixed home-movie distance as an adult's legs enter and leave the frame during a rough encounter with a small animal.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include trouser legs, boots, a small animal on dusty ground, dry scrub, hard sunlight, open desert, distant low hills, and film-edge shadows.
Film character: The scan has warm faded color, heavy grain, soft focus, gate shadows, scratches, and uneven exposure consistent with aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert or evidence beat for archival sequences about animal treatment, desert travel, or unsettling private-camera moments.
Historical context: The footage shows a harsh rural or desert setting and a troubling human-animal interaction, but it does not identify the person, exact site, or circumstances.
Research note: People are partly visible by body only, so likeness and context review may still be needed; copyright and any animal-welfare concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1936 California 8mm desert animal abuse footage, home movie man kicking animal, and Depression-era desert wildlife encounter.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1936 California desert material, then broader archival clips of human-animal encounters.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1936 California 8mm footage, booted legs stand near a small animal on dry desert soil with scrub around it. — A man's lower legs appear beside a small animal on sunlit desert ground.

A trousered adult leg is raised near a small animal on sun-bleached California desert ground in the 1936 home movie. — The frame captures a raised leg near the animal in the dry scrub landscape.

A darker 8mm frame shows scrubby California desert terrain with a shadowed foreground and pale open distance. — The camera looks across low desert scrub under uneven exposure.

The 1936 California home movie cuts to open desert scrubland and low hills beneath a bright, pale sky. — Open desert terrain stretches toward low hills in bright daylight.

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