Illinois USA-1947: Woman Harvests Crops in Field, Smiles at Camera

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

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Woman Harvests Crops in Field, Smiles at Camera — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a patterned dress harvesting crops in a sun-drenched field in Illinois. She gathers a bundle of green plants, her expression shifting from focused labor to a warm smile as she looks toward the camera. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic frame edges of a Super 8 home movie. In a later shot, another woman in a white dress walks past a simple farmhouse. The clip evokes a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century American rural life.

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: 124914816

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

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 American home-movie requests needing editorial footage of a woman gathering field crops in Illinois.
Period detail: The patterned dress, open farmland, and handheld 8mm look support a mid-century rural setting, with 1947 Illinois supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman works close to the camera, then shields her eyes and smiles, giving the scene an informal family-filmed quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a patterned dress, gathered green plants, tall field growth, open farmland, sky, eyeglasses, and film frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, scratches, muted color, handheld framing, and exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, rural-life cutaway, harvest detail, or intimate memory beat within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows domestic or small-scale agricultural activity in an open field without enough visual evidence to identify the crop or property.
Research note: People are visible, including a clear adult face, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1947 Illinois home movie, 8mm woman harvesting crops, rural American field footage, and 1940s farm life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1947 Illinois rural footage, then with broader 1940s farming or home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 Illinois home-movie footage, a woman in a patterned dress bends among tall field growth while holding gathered plants. — A woman bends over in a field while collecting green plants.

A woman in a patterned dress holds a bundle of green plants and smiles toward the camera in a rural Illinois field. — The woman turns toward the camera while holding freshly gathered plants.

In a soft 8mm frame, the woman shields her eyes from light while standing with gathered plants in an Illinois field. — The woman raises a hand to shade her eyes while holding the crop bundle.

Close 1947 Illinois home-movie view of the woman wearing glasses, leaning toward the camera with farmland behind her. — A close handheld view shows the woman leaning toward the lens in the field.

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