Russia-1963: Man Cutting Hay with Sickle, Woman Bundling Straw in Field

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationRussia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Russia

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Man Cutting Hay with Sickle, Woman Bundling Straw in Field — Clip Details

A man in a checkered shirt and light trousers uses a long-handled sickle to cut hay in a rural field, his movements deliberate and rhythmic. The scene, shot on 8mm film in 1963, captures traditional farming methods under a bright sky, with a farmhouse visible in the distance. In a later frame, a woman in a white dress walks among neatly stacked hay bundles, contributing to the harvest. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic vintage quality, evoking a nostalgic view of agricultural life in rural Russia.

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: 124873427

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: Russia 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s rural Russia agriculture requests needing archival home-movie views of hand mowing, hay cutting, and harvest labor.
Period detail: The 8mm color, clothing, hand tool, open field, and distant rural buildings support the supplied 1963 rural Russia context without identifying a specific place.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ordinary farm work at close range, with the man cutting hay and a woman later gathering bundles in an unstaged home-movie manner.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man, long-handled sickle or scythe, cut grass, open field, hay bundles, a woman in a light dress, and distant farm buildings.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as an agricultural insert, rural labor cutaway, seasonal harvest transition, or quiet memory beat within a family or countryside sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents small-scale field work using hand tools, visually contrasting human labor, hay piles, and open farmland without making broader historical claims.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property considerations should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm rural Russia farming, older man cutting hay, woman bundling straw, hand mowing, and Soviet-era countryside home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm scenes, then other Russia 1963 rural footage, then broader hand-harvest or haymaking home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1963 rural Russia footage, a man in a checkered shirt works through tall grass with a long-handled sickle or scythe. — A man begins cutting hay by hand in an open rural field.

The man continues hand mowing in a grassy field, with low rural buildings visible in the distance. — The cutting motion continues across the hay field.

A closer 8mm frame shows the man bending into his work as he cuts hay by hand in the field. — The worker leans forward while cutting hay with a hand tool.

A woman in a light dress works among scattered hay bundles in the same rural harvest setting. — A woman stands among bundled hay after the cutting work.

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