Minnesota USA-1958: Field of Budding Crops in Rural Farmland

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Minnesota

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Field of Budding Crops in Rural Farmland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched field of tall, budding crops, likely sorghum or milo, swaying gently in the breeze. The footage, viewed through a dark film frame, shows natural film grain, slight scratches, and a warm, faded color palette characteristic of mid-century home movies. The camera moves slowly across the field, offering close-ups of the textured plant heads and a wide view of the endless rows stretching to the horizon under a pale sky. This authentic archival footage evokes a sense of rural Americana and agricultural life in the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124862863

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Minnesota, United States 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural agriculture requests needing authentic home-movie crop-field footage as an editorial cutaway or setting detail.
Period detail: The 8mm frame, faded color, and simple handheld view support a late-1950s home-movie context, with Minnesota location and 1958 date taken from supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the field closely and plainly, suggesting a home-movie record of crops rather than a staged agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall seed heads, dense green stalks, rows of crops, a pale sky, distant tree line, dark film gate edges, and coarse film grain.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm texture through soft focus, grain, slight scratches, uneven exposure, and a dark frame edge around the scanned image.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural establishing insert, agricultural cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s Midwest sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents cultivated farmland and crop growth in a mid-century home-movie record without identifying a specific farm or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private buildings are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property context separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Minnesota 8mm farmland, vintage crop field home movie, rural Midwest agriculture footage, and mid-century farm cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Minnesota rural footage, then broader 1950s agriculture and crop-field material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm view of tall budding crops stretching toward a distant tree line under a pale sky. — Wide crop-field view framed by the dark edges of the scanned 8mm film.

Close 1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of dense budding crops, with one seed head prominent in the foreground. — A nearer crop head stands in front of rows of plants receding across the field.

1958 Minnesota 8mm close view of textured seed heads and broad leaves within a cultivated crop field. — Close crop detail shows clustered seed heads and leaves in soft, grainy color.

Final 1958 Minnesota home-movie frame showing tall crop heads and crossing foreground stalks in a sunlit field. — Crop heads and curved stalks fill the foreground as the field continues behind them.

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