Michigan USA-1958: Man in Hat Picking Blueberries in Field

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Michigan

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Man in Hat Picking Blueberries in Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan, USA, in 1958 shows a man in a light-colored shirt and wide-brimmed hat harvesting blueberries in a sunny field. He bends over rows of lush green bushes, carefully picking the ripe fruit with his hands. The scene captures a moment of rural labor under a clear blue sky, with a utility pole visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century agricultural work.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121496544

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 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: 1958 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: Useful for 1950s documentary or editorial requests needing mid-century Michigan agricultural labor and berry picking shown in real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed work hat, light shirt, open rows of low bushes, and utility pole may show a rural Michigan berry field in the late 1950s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the camera watches a man bend, reach, and pick blueberries by hand at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a brimmed hat, blueberry bushes, hand picking, rows of plants, dry ground, blue sky, a utility pole, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries an 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and high midday contrast.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, seasonal harvest detail, or memory beat within a broader farming or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents hand harvesting in a small field setting, offering visual context for everyday rural work without making claims about the farm or workers beyond what is shown.
Research note: A person is visible and likely identifiable only in limited profile, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Michigan 8mm blueberry picking, man harvesting berries, home movie farm labor, rural field work, and mid-century fruit harvest footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Michigan material, then broader rural labor, fruit picking, or agricultural home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Michigan home-movie frame showing a man in a hat and light shirt bending beside blueberry bushes under a clear sky. — A man bends over blueberry bushes while working in a sunny field.

A man in a brimmed hat leans toward blueberry bushes in the Michigan field, with a utility pole and tree line in the distance. — The worker leans into the blueberry row as the home-movie camera holds a side view.

Home-movie frame from Michigan in 1958 showing a man bending near blueberry bushes, with dry ground, sky, and distant trees visible. — The man continues picking near the low bushes, partly obscured by the contact-sheet frame edge.

Close 1958 Michigan home-movie detail of hands picking among green blueberry leaves and dark berries. — A close view shows hands working among the blueberry leaves and fruit.

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