Illinois USA-1947: Dog Playing In A Field Also Laying Around

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

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Dog Playing In A Field Also Laying Around — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a black and tan dog in a grassy field. The dog appears happy and energetic, panting with its tongue out in a close-up, then lying down and rolling playfully in the grass. In the final frame, it runs across the field carrying a white object in its mouth. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1940s home movie feel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century American life.

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: 124914684

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: 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: 1947 Illinois 8mm home-movie footage can support requests for mid-century American pet life, rural or suburban leisure, and brief documentary cutaways of a dog at play.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1940s outdoor grassy field in Illinois, with era signaled mainly by the 8mm home-movie format and color film texture rather than visible landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The dog is filmed casually at close range and from a distance, suggesting an unstaged family-camera moment focused on pet behavior rather than a formal animal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-tan dog, open grass, close-up panting, rolling or lying in the field, distant running, film borders, soft focus, and a white object in the dog's mouth.
Film character: The footage has an 8mm home-movie character with visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, memory beat, or animal-life cutaway within sequences about home movies, pets, childhood surroundings, or everyday leisure.
Historical context: The scene offers a small domestic view of pet companionship and outdoor play in mid-century Illinois without showing people, buildings, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, but users should still review copyright status and any source-license terms separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1947 Illinois dog home movie, 8mm pet footage, black and tan dog running in field, vintage dog playing, and mid-century family film animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Illinois or 1947 home-movie material, then broader vintage pet, outdoor play, and mid-century domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close view of a black-and-tan dog panting in a grassy Illinois field in 1947 home-movie footage. — A black-and-tan dog looks toward the camera with its tongue out in the grass.

The dog lies low or rolls in a grassy field, partly blurred by movement in the 1947 Illinois 8mm footage. — The dog stretches or rolls on the grass during a playful moment.

A distant black-and-tan dog runs across a pale grassy field in Illinois home-movie footage from 1947. — The dog appears small in the frame while moving through the field.

The dog runs away across the field carrying a light-colored object in its mouth in 1947 Illinois 8mm footage. — The dog runs across the grass while holding a light object.

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