Illinois USA-1947: Man Wearing White Shirt Pumps Water From Outdoor Water Pump

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 Illinois

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Man Wearing White Shirt Pumps Water From Outdoor Water Pump — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and dark pants pumps water from a hand-operated outdoor water pump on a sunny day in Illinois, 1947. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet rural moment with a white building in the background and tall grass surrounding the pump. The scene is bathed in bright daylight, with the vintage film showing natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches typical of home movies from the era. The man’s repetitive motion and the rustic setting evoke a sense of everyday life in mid-20th century America.

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: 124914632

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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: Illinois, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s rural Illinois or Midwestern home-life requests needing an everyday water-pump moment for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The hand-operated outdoor pump, tall grass, simple clothing, and plain light-colored outbuilding may show rural domestic surroundings consistent with the 1947 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears to work the pump in an unstaged, repetitive household or farmyard task, giving the clip quiet observational value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, dark trousers, a hand water pump, tall dry grass, a pale outbuilding, open rural background, utility poles, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, scratches, dust marks, and slight exposure variation that identify it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life insert, domestic labor cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a 1940s American home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually places water access and outdoor chores in a modest rural setting without proving the household, property ownership, or broader economic context.
Research note: A visible adult may require likeness review, and copyright clearance is separate from any privacy, property, or location-identification considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Illinois home movie, rural hand pump, man pumping water, outdoor water pump, 8mm farmyard footage, and Midwestern domestic life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Illinois or 1947 home movies, and then with rural chores, farmyard exteriors, or outdoor domestic water-use footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 Illinois home-movie footage, a man in a white shirt stands by a hand water pump near a pale rural outbuilding. — A man works a hand-operated water pump beside a light-colored building and tall grass.

The 1947 Illinois frame shows the man turned toward the outdoor pump, with utility poles and open land beyond the building. — The man remains beside the pump, framed by tall grass, a pale wall, and open rural background.

A soft 8mm frame shows the man beside the pump in tall grass, with the light-colored building occupying much of the background. — The figure stands near the pump as the pale outbuilding fills the right side of the frame.

The final frame holds on the man and hand pump in 1947 Illinois, with faded color, scratches, and a pale rural outbuilding behind him. — The clip ends with the man still at the pump, surrounded by tall grass and physical film wear.

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