California-1939: A Bulldozer Pulls A Combine With Workers On Top Across A Wheat Field

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

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A Bulldozer Pulls A Combine With Workers On Top Across A... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from California in 1939 captures agricultural labor during harvest season. Workers operate a combine harvester pulled by a tractor across a wheat field under a bright sky. The grain is being collected and processed, with men visible on the machinery. The footage shows the industrial scale of farming in the era, with a grain elevator structure in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural grain, slight motion blur, and authentic period details including period clothing and equipment. This archival home movie offers a nostalgic look at mid-20th century American agriculture.

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: 127570857

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: Useful for 1930s California agriculture requests needing authentic 8mm harvest machinery, field labor, and mechanized grain production for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The footage shows period farm clothing, open machinery platforms, a tracked tractor or bulldozer, and a combine working in a dry grain field, consistent with the supplied 1939 California metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the machinery from field level as workers ride and operate equipment, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie view of harvest labor in progress.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wheat field, tracked tractor or bulldozer, combine harvester, workers on top platforms, dust, railing details, open sky, and distant farm structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft monochrome contrast, visible grain, exposure haze, dust in the scene, and slight motion blur that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, cutaway, or transition for mechanized farming, Depression-era rural work, California harvests, or agricultural labor history.
Historical context: The clip visually places workers directly on operating harvest machinery, showing a practical view of mechanized field work without identifying individuals or a specific farm.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, property, and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1939 California wheat harvest, 8mm combine harvester, bulldozer pulling combine, farm workers on machinery, and vintage grain harvest match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 California agricultural scenes, then broader 1930s farm machinery and wheat harvest footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 California 8mm frame showing harvest machinery in a wheat field with several workers riding on elevated equipment platforms. — Workers ride atop a combine as it moves through a wheat field.

A tracked tractor or bulldozer pulls a combine across a California wheat field, with workers standing on the machinery in the 1939 footage. — A tracked vehicle pulls the combine while workers monitor the harvest machinery.

Dust partly obscures a tracked vehicle and harvest machinery as workers continue operating in the California field. — Dust hangs around the tractor and combine during field harvest work.

Workers remain visible on elevated combine platforms as dust softens the 1939 California wheat harvest scene. — Workers on the combine are partly veiled by dust from the harvest operation.

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