Michigan USA-1957: People Picking Ripe Blueberries On A Fruit Farm In The Middle

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Michigan

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People Picking Ripe Blueberries On A Fruit Farm In The... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1957 shows people harvesting ripe blueberries on a farm. A man in a straw hat and vest inspects blueberry bushes, while a woman in a plaid dress picks berries. The scene expands to show multiple workers in a large field of blueberry plants under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural lighting, capturing a nostalgic moment of agricultural labor and family activity during the summer harvest season.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121495103

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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1957 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: Michigan, 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: 1950s Michigan 8mm farm footage suited to documentary or museum requests for blueberry harvesting, rural labor, and home-movie views of seasonal agriculture.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1957 Michigan setting place the scene in a mid-century rural harvest context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as adults pick and inspect blueberries in the field while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include low blueberry bushes, sandy field rows, adult pickers, a straw hat, plaid dress, overcast sky, and soft distant tree lines.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, faded color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld contact-sheet framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, agricultural cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat within a rural family or food-production sequence.
Historical context: The images show small-scale fruit picking in an open Michigan field, suggesting everyday agricultural work without making claims about the farm or workers.
Research note: Visible adult faces and likenesses require review, while no logos, minors, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 Michigan blueberry picking, 1950s 8mm farm harvest, home movie fruit field workers, and rural agricultural family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm footage, then other 1957 Michigan material, and then broader 1950s fruit harvest or rural labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1957 Michigan 8mm footage, a man in a straw hat and dark vest reaches toward blueberry bushes in a sandy field row. — A man in a straw hat works beside blueberry bushes in the field.

A woman in a blue plaid dress bends over blueberry bushes in the 1957 Michigan farm field footage. — A woman picks blueberries from low bushes between sandy rows.

The 1957 Michigan home movie shows a woman in glasses and a plaid dress standing in a blueberry field with rows behind her. — A woman pauses among blueberry bushes as the field stretches behind her.

Two adults work among blueberry bushes in the Michigan field, with one bending to pick and another standing near the frame edge. — Multiple adults harvest blueberries across the field rows.

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