Michigan USA-1958: Blueberry Bush Swaying in Wind

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Blueberry Bush Swaying in Wind — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1958 showing a blueberry bush swaying gently in the wind on a sunny day. The shot captures clusters of ripe blueberries among lush green leaves, with natural sunlight creating bright highlights and deep shadows. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle motion blur as the bush moves. The dark, rounded frame edges indicate a projected film look, enhancing the nostalgic, archival quality of this nature scene.

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: 121497318

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Supports requests for 1950s Michigan home-movie nature cutaways showing cultivated blueberries or summer plant life for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie color, rounded projected-frame edges, and close garden or farm plant view, rather than identifiable buildings or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, lingering close to blueberry clusters as wind moves the leaves in sunlight.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ripe blue berries, pinkish unripe berries, glossy green leaves, woody stems, patches of soil, hard sunlight, dark frame edges, and soft motion blur.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, saturated but aged color, high-contrast sunlight, slight softness, and rounded black frame edges that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet nature insert, seasonal transition, agricultural cutaway, or memory beat within a rural Michigan or family-home sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests mid-century home attention to local plants or small-scale growing, but it does not show people, tools, buildings, or a named farm.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, though copyright and any property-context questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Michigan 8mm blueberries, vintage home movie berry bush, mid-century summer garden footage, and archival blueberry plant close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Michigan outdoor footage, then broader vintage home-movie agriculture or summer nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Michigan 8mm frame showing blueberry clusters among glossy green leaves, with dark rounded film edges and bright sun patches. — Blueberries and leaves fill the frame in a sunlit close-up.

Sunlit 8mm home-movie frame from Michigan showing ripe blueberries, green foliage, and projected-film border shadows. — Clusters of blueberries appear among dense leaves and frame-edge shadow.

1958 Michigan home-movie frame with blueberry foliage, scattered berries, visible soil, and a dark vertical film-edge shadow. — Leaves and scattered berries are caught in strong daylight.

Close 8mm frame from Michigan showing ripe blue and pinkish unripe blueberries clustered among glossy leaves in direct sunlight. — A mixed cluster of ripe and unripe blueberries stands out against green leaves.

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