California-1939: Tractors Work During Harvest in Field

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

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Tractors Work During Harvest in Field — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1939: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a sunny day on a vast agricultural field, where multiple tractors and farm equipment are actively engaged in harvest operations. The black-and-white film shows a line of machinery working across the flat landscape under a bright sky, with visible film grain and slight camera shake characteristic of amateur Super 8 recordings. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mechanized farming during the late 1930s, showcasing early agricultural technology in use.

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: 127570811

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: Supports requests for late-1930s California agriculture footage showing mechanized harvest work for documentary, museum, education, or editorial context.
Period detail: The distant tractors and harvesting rigs may show late-1930s mechanized field equipment working across a flat California agricultural landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an amateur observer's distance, holding on the moving field machinery rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad open field, multiple tractors or harvest machines, low crop rows, workers near equipment, bright sky, and soft distant hills.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows fine grain, soft focus, high daylight exposure, gate edges, and a steady but home-movie-like viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or establishing insert for mechanized farming, harvest labor, or Depression-era rural production.
Historical context: The footage visually places farm machinery and field labor together, suggesting the scale and organization of agricultural work without identifying a specific crop or farm.
Research note: People appear small and not individually identifiable, but likeness, copyright, location, and any property concerns should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s California farm harvest footage, 8mm mechanized agriculture, vintage tractors in field, and home movie farm equipment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm scenes, then other California 1939 rural footage, then broader 1930s mechanized agriculture or harvest work clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California 8mm frame showing distant tractors or harvest equipment moving across a flat agricultural field. — Farm machinery works in a line across the open field.

1939 California home-movie frame with several pieces of farm equipment spread across a sunny field. — Several machines are visible across the field under bright daylight.

Wide 1939 California field view with harvest machinery and a tractor-like vehicle seen at a distance. — A wide view shows harvest machinery spread along the field edge.

1939 California frame showing large farm equipment at right, with a small standing person visible nearby in the field. — A person stands near large harvest equipment at the right side of the frame.

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