California-1937: Man Walking in Field and Black Hen on Farm

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 California

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Man Walking in Field and Black Hen on Farm — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and hat walks through a tall grassy field in this 1937 California 8mm home movie. The grainy black-and-white footage captures him bending down, possibly inspecting the ground. The scene shifts to a rural farmyard where a black hen walks in the foreground, with a wooden shed and other farm structures visible in the background under a bright, sunny sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including natural grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, documentary-style glimpse into mid-20th century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127558521

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1937 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 1930s California rural-life requests needing brief home-movie inserts of field work and farmyard animals.
Period detail: The man’s brimmed hat, simple work clothing, open field, wooden shed, and farmyard may show everyday small-farm surroundings in the 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value, with a man bending in tall grass and a hen wandering through a yard without evident posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a field, tall grass, open hills, a black hen, a small wooden shed, fencing, stacked materials, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan shows soft focus, visible grain, high daylight exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life cutaway, a memory beat, or a transition between human activity and farmyard detail.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for domestic rural spaces in California, showing work-like movement in a field and poultry near outbuildings.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 California 8mm home movies, rural farmyard footage, man walking in field, and black hen near wooden shed.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1937 California rural scenes, then with broader farm animals, fields, and home-movie agriculture themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 California 8mm frame of a man in a light shirt and brimmed hat bending in a grassy field. — A man bends or walks through tall grass in an open rural field.

Black hen in the foreground of a bright rural California farmyard with a wooden shed and fencing. — A black hen crosses the yard in front of a small wooden farm structure.

1937 rural California frame showing a black hen near a simple wooden shed and scattered farm materials. — The hen stands in the foreground while the small shed and yard fill the background.

Black hen walking across a bright farmyard in 1937 California 8mm footage, with a wooden shed behind it. — A hen moves through the sunlit yard in front of a wooden outbuilding.

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