California-1939: Four Men Walking Through Field On A Bright 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.

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

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Four Men Walking Through Field On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Four men in hats and overalls walk across a sunlit field in this 1939 California 8mm home movie. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the grainy black-and-white footage captures a moment of rural life, with the men standing and conversing in an open landscape. In the distance, early agricultural machinery is visible, suggesting a farming community. The bright daylight and wide-open sky evoke a sense of Americana and historical nostalgia. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-20th century rural work and daily life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127570769

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1930s California rural home-movie footage of men in an open field.
Period detail: The hats, overalls, open field, and distant farm machinery may show rural work or inspection in late-1930s California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the way the men pause, confer, and walk through the field as if filmed by someone nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four to five men, brimmed hats, overalls, a sunlit field, distant machinery, a low horizon, and open sky.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image shows visible grain, soft focus, bright exposure, and slight handheld framing typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life cutaway, transition, or brief memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests a small group outdoors in an agricultural landscape without enough detail to identify the farm, crop, or purpose.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 California 8mm rural men in field, Depression-era farm landscape, and black-and-white home-movie agriculture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 California rural footage, then broader 1930s agricultural home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Four men in hats and overalls stand in a sunlit California field in 1939 home-movie footage, with machinery visible in the distance. — Men pause in a bright rural field while distant equipment sits near the horizon.

Men in hats stand and face one another in a 1939 California field, with soft 8mm detail and distant equipment behind them. — The group appears to confer in the field as machinery remains visible beyond them.

Several men in work clothes stand together in a sunlit 1939 California field, framed by open sky and distant farm equipment. — Men remain gathered in the field, their hats and overalls visible in the bright exposure.

The group begins walking through a California field in 1939 home-movie footage, with distant figures and machinery near the horizon. — The men move across the field as additional figures and equipment appear farther back.

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