California-1939: Vintage Video Of Harvesting From A Field Features Several

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Vintage Video Of Harvesting From A Field Features Several — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage footage captures a rural harvest in California. A line of early combine harvesters moves across a dusty field, kicking up clouds of dirt as they work. Farmers operate the machinery under a bright, hazy sky. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and dust, evokes a nostalgic, documentary feel of mid-20th century agricultural life. The camera remains steady, observing the industrial process from a distance.

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: 127570601

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 agricultural footage suited to documentary inserts about mechanized harvest work, rural labor, and Depression-era farm landscapes.
Period detail: The clip may show early combine harvesters or similar field machinery moving in a line across a dry California field, with operators visible on the equipment.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance like a home-movie record of field work, holding on the machinery and people rather than staging action for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include multiple harvest machines, dust clouds, seated and standing operators, a flat open field, hazy sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft contrast, heavy dust, scratches, gate edges, and a distant steady viewpoint that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or establishing insert for rural production, harvest labor, or mechanized agriculture sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places farm work within a period when machinery was central to large-field harvesting, without identifying the farm, crop, or crew.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos or private property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 California harvest footage, 8mm farm machinery, vintage combine harvesters, dusty field work, and rural agriculture home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 California scenes, then broader vintage harvest and farm machinery clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California 8mm frame showing several distant harvest machines crossing a dusty field with operators visible as small figures. — A line of harvest machinery works across a dry field, throwing dust into the air.

Distant field machinery in 1939 California moves through dust, with several people visible on or near the equipment. — Harvest equipment advances through a haze of field dust.

Soft black-and-white 8mm frame of harvest machines barely visible through dust across a California field in 1939. — Dust softens the view of machinery working across the field.

1939 California harvest footage showing operators on a field machine at right, with more machinery faintly visible through dust behind it. — Operators ride on harvest equipment as dust hangs over the field behind them.

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