California-1939: Men Walking Out Of A Small Wood Building And Into A Field With

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

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Men Walking Out Of A Small Wood Building And Into A... — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1939: Men in period attire exit a rustic wooden cabin and walk into an open field. One man carries a rifle, another holds a bottle, and a third joins them as they move across the arid landscape. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of rural life with authentic grain, soft focus, and natural lighting. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and historical Americana, showcasing everyday activities in the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127571107

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 rural-life edits needing men leaving a small wooden building and crossing an open field in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The men’s hats, suspenders, shirts, trousers, rustic wood siding, and arid open landscape support a late-1930s rural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie feel as men casually exit the building and walk away together, one carrying a rifle and another appearing to hold a bottle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small wooden building, adult men in hats and suspenders, a rifle, a bottle-like object, open scrub field, distant low hills, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of the original home-movie scan.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for rural California life, outdoor departure, or period Americana sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests everyday rural movement and informal outdoor activity, without enough evidence to identify the people, purpose, or exact property.
Research note: People and a firearm are visible, so likeness, context, and any property concerns should be reviewed separately from copyright status before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 California 8mm home movie, men walking with rifle, rural wooden building, open field, and Depression-era Americana footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1939 rural footage, then with broader themes of men outdoors, cabins, fields, and period dress.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 California home-movie footage, adult men in hats and shirts gather at the doorway of a rustic wooden building. — Men exit or gather at the entrance of a small wooden building.

Two adult men in period clothing walk away across an open California field, with one man visibly carrying a rifle. — Two men move away from the building into an open field.

Two men in 1939 California rural footage continue across a scrub field, framed by dark 8mm film edges and distant hills. — The pair walks farther across the arid field.

Three adult men cross an open rural California field, including one darker-clothed man trailing with his hands behind his back. — A third man joins or follows as the group crosses the field.

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