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1936: Railroad Workers Digging with Shovels in Hillside

1936: Railroad Workers Digging with Shovels in Hillside

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  • Year1936
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration9s
  • Pond5 pricefrom $179 USD
  • Collection1936 California

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Railroad Workers Digging with Shovels in Hillside — Clip Details

1936: Men work on a railroad in California, using shovels to dig and move earth under a gray sky. The vintage 8mm footage captures laborers in hats and work pants, their muscles straining as they dig into a brown hillside. This authentic home movie offers a rare glimpse into early 20th-century manual labor and infrastructure development during the Great Depression era. The grainy, hand-cranked film style adds to the historical authenticity, making it ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic storytelling about American industrial history.

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8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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Duration
9s
Pond5 price
from $179 USD
Clip ID
69456980

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Date
1936 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
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Location
California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
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Topics & Keywords

  • men
  • working
  • railroad
  • shovels
  • digging
  • work
  • dial
  • move
  • gray
  • sky
  • hill
  • brown
  • muscles
  • hat
  • pants
  • people
  • USA
  • 1936
  • 1936 railroad workers
  • California 1936
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 8mm home movie
  • manual labor
  • Great Depression work
  • shovel digging
  • brown hillside
  • gray sky
  • manual labor footage
  • historic railroad construction
  • American industrial history
  • archival 1930s footage
  • vintage work scene
  • 8mm documentary
  • retro labor footage
  • classic home movie
  • California history
  • 1930s workmen
  • vintage Americana
  • california united states

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