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California-1939: Industrial Farm Equipment Being Used In A Field During An

  • Year1939
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1939 California
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Industrial Farm Equipment Being Used In A Field During An — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures industrial farm equipment operating in a vast California field. The grainy black-and-white footage shows several early tractors or cultivators moving across the flat landscape under a bright sky. The camera remains stationary, offering a wide view of the agricultural machinery at work during the harvest season. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century farming practices and rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Black & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127570714

Rights & Clearance

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
may
Reel-level year note
1939
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1939 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • farm
  • farming equipment
  • industrial farming
  • tractors
  • harvest
  • cultivating
  • industrial
  • equipment
  • field
  • annual
  • business
  • finance
  • california
  • 1939
  • 1939 farm equipment
  • vintage 8mm film
  • California agriculture
  • industrial farming 1939
  • old tractors
  • agricultural machinery
  • vintage home movie
  • 1930s farming
  • rural California
  • black and white film
  • archival footage
  • historical farming
  • vintage agricultural
  • 8mm home movie
  • farm machinery
  • vintage 1939
  • old farming
  • agricultural history
  • vintage 8mm footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California agriculture requests needing a brief factual cutaway of mechanized field work in a rural landscape.

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