Illinois USA-1947: Man Operating Hand Pump Well Beside White House

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

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Man Operating Hand Pump Well Beside White House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a man in a white shirt and dark trousers operating a hand pump well beside a white clapboard house in Illinois. He draws water, then walks across the grassy yard, his movements captured with the characteristic grain, scratches, and soft focus of a classic Super 8 home movie. The scene evokes a quiet, rural American moment from the post-war era, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period storytelling.

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: 124914642

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Illinois home-movie footage for productions needing rural domestic water, yard work, or postwar American family-life cutaways.
Period detail: The hand pump, clapboard house, high-waisted trousers, and open grassy yard may show mid-century rural or small-town domestic details.
Home-movie behavior: A man casually works a yard pump and moves through the grass, giving the clip an unstaged family-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, hand pump, grassy yard, white clapboard wall, window, doorway, bucket or pump area, and a small dog.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, uneven exposure, gate borders, scratches, and faded color that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, rural-life cutaway, household-water detail, or quiet memory beat between broader 1940s scenes.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a domestic outdoor chore around a hand pump without supporting wider claims about local infrastructure or family identity.
Research note: A visible adult and house exterior require likeness and property-context review separate from copyright or footage licensing status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1947 Illinois 8mm home movie, man using hand pump well, rural yard water pump, and postwar American house exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1947 Illinois material, then similar rural domestic chores, wells, yards, and family home exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 Illinois home-movie footage, a man in a white shirt works a hand pump beside a white clapboard house and tall grass. — A man stands at a yard pump beside the house.

The man moves away from the pump area along a white house exterior in the Illinois yard, partly softened by the 8mm exposure. — The man crosses the grass near the house wall.

A man stands in tall grass near a small dog outside a white clapboard house, with a window and doorway visible in the frame. — The man pauses in the yard near a small dog.

The man faces away in the grassy yard near the house, holding a narrow object as the doorway and window remain visible. — The man stands with his back to the camera near the house.

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