California-1939: Combines Lined Up In A Wheat Field Harvesting Grain While Farmers Operate Machinery

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

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Combines Lined Up In A Wheat Field Harvesting Grain... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a rural California wheat harvest. Farmers operate large combines lined up across a vast field, cutting grain under a bright sky. The footage shows the machinery in motion, with workers visible near the equipment. Grain is gathered and processed as the harvest progresses. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural lighting, offering an authentic glimpse into 1930s agricultural labor and technology. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127570840

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 archive requests for late-1930s California agriculture, mechanized wheat harvesting, and rural labor cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The distant combines, open grain field, and 8mm home-movie handling may show Depression-era farm machinery and harvest practice in rural California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed or lightly handheld distance, giving an unstaged view of farmers and machines working across the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad wheat field, pale sky, multiple combines, distant workers, machinery rails, dust or haze, and contact-print frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, high exposure, visible grain, flicker, and contact-sheet borders give the footage a fragile 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural industry cutaway, harvest transition, or memory beat within a 1930s agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents mechanized grain harvesting and field labor, while avoiding claims beyond the supplied 1939 California home-movie context.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no visible logos, music, or clear private property appear in these frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 California wheat harvest, 8mm farm machinery, combines in grain field, and 1930s agricultural labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm scenes, then other 1939 California rural footage, then broader wheat harvest or mechanized agriculture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California 8mm frame showing distant combines and workers spread across a wheat field during harvest. — Combines and workers appear along the horizon of a broad grain field.

Distant view of combines and workers in a California wheat field, softened by exposure and 8mm film grain. — Harvest equipment stands in a line with workers visible near the machines.

Overexposed 8mm view of California harvest machinery and distant workers in a wheat field, circa 1939. — A bright, soft frame holds the line of combines across the field.

California wheat harvest frame with a combine near the right edge and additional machinery stretching across the field. — Harvest machinery fills the field edge, with one combine partly visible at right.

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