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Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this low-grade color home movie captures a man in a dark suit and fedora raking tall grass in a rural field. He works methodically in front of a modest white house, with a vintage wood-paneled station wagon parked nearby. The footage shows natural film grain, scratches, and slight fading, characteristic of mid-century home movies. The scene evokes a quiet, everyday moment from post-war America, with the man’s focused labor set against a backdrop of open land and simple architecture.
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Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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