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1938: Steam Shovel Gasoline Powered Excavator Digs and Drops Dirt in Tryon, NC

1938: Steam Shovel Gasoline Powered Excavator Digs and Drops Dirt in Tryon, NC

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  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationTryon, North Carolina, United States
  • Duration28s
  • Pond5 pricefrom $178 USD
  • Collection1937 Tryon North Carolina

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Steam Shovel Gasoline Powered Excavator Digs and Drops... — Clip Details

1938: Steam shovel type gasoline powered excavator digs and drops dirt at a construction site in Tryon, North Carolina. This vintage 8mm film captures early 20th-century engineering technology in action, showcasing a large mechanical digger operated by workers during a building project. The footage highlights industrial machinery, manual labor, and the evolution of construction methods in the 1930s. Authentic archival material ideal for documentaries, history projects, and nostalgic content about American industrial progress.

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Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Film
Resolution
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Not licensed directly; available on Pond5
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Duration
28s
Pond5 price
from $178 USD
Clip ID
60693857

Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel 2051 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label
cb hill jr,
Reel-level year note
1938
Reel-level location note
tryon north carolina
Date
1938 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
Tryon, North Carolina, 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
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Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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