New Zealand-1981: Muscular Man Shearing Sheep With Electric Clippers In Barn

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationNew Zealand
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 New Zealand

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Muscular Man Shearing Sheep With Electric Clippers In Barn — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from New Zealand in 1981 captures a muscular man shearing a sheep in a rustic wooden barn. The man, wearing a dark tank top and trousers, uses electric clippers to remove the thick wool, with a large fleece accumulating on the ground. A woman in a light top and patterned skirt assists nearby. The scene features warm, slightly faded colors typical of 1980s home movie film, with visible grain and soft focus. A poster for 'WOOLBROKERS' is visible on the wall, adding to the authentic rural farming atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 122836562

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1981 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New Zealand Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1980s rural New Zealand documentary needs showing sheep shearing, farm labor, wool handling, or agricultural practice in home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm look, clothing, electric clippers, wooden interior, and wool-related wall signage support the 1981 New Zealand setting supplied in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, with the camera watching a shearing demonstration as a woman assists beside the sheep and handler.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sheep, electric clippers, a muscular man in a dark tank top, wool fleece on the floor, a woman assistant, wooden walls, and wool signage.
Film character: Soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges give the scene a tactile 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an insert, rural labor cutaway, agricultural process beat, or period transition in sequences about sheep farming and wool production.
Historical context: The footage visually documents hands-on sheep shearing in a barn-like rural setting without making broader claims beyond the supplied New Zealand 1981 metadata.
Research note: People, faces, private property, and visible signage appear, so likeness, property, and brand review may be needed separately from footage copyright licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1981 New Zealand 8mm sheep shearing, vintage wool farming footage, rural barn home movie, and electric clippers sheep husbandry.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other New Zealand 1981 rural footage, then broader sheep farming, wool, and animal husbandry clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1981 New Zealand home-movie footage, a man uses electric clippers on a sheep as fleece gathers below in a wooden interior. — A man shears a sheep with electric clippers as wool piles on the floor.

The sheep is held upright while the man shears it, with soft focus and warm 8mm color in the barn setting. — The handler steadies the sheep during the shearing process.

A woman in a light top and patterned skirt stands near the sheep as the man continues shearing in the New Zealand farm setting. — A woman assists nearby as the sheep is sheared inside the wooden barn.

The man pauses beside the sheep with shearing equipment while the woman bends nearby, with wool signage visible on the wall. — The shearing scene pauses with the handler standing and the assistant beside the sheep.

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