Illinois USA-1947: Man Tending Young Tree in Yard

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Man Tending Young Tree in Yard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a man in a dark suit and hat tending to a young tree in a grassy yard. He uses a long-handled tool, possibly a hoe or rake, working the soil around the sapling. In the background, a classic wood-paneled station wagon and a modest white house stand under an overcast sky. The footage shows natural film grain, scratches, and slight fading, characteristic of mid-century home movies. This authentic slice of Americana offers a quiet, nostalgic moment of rural life and domestic care.

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: 124914836

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

lady
tree
time
tending
literally
20
seconds
boring
people
illinois USA
1947
1947 home movie footage
vintage 8mm film
man gardening
tree planting
classic car
wood panel station wagon
rural America
1940s lifestyle
archival film
vintage home movie
man in hat
8mm home movie
1940s Americana
nostalgic footage
old film
documentary footage
editorial use
vintage footage
historical footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Illinois home-movie requests needing rural domestic yard work, sapling care, or everyday Americana as documentary or educational b-roll.
Period detail: The man's fedora-style hat, dark work clothes, modest white house, and wood-paneled station wagon may show late-1940s rural or small-town domestic life.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as an adult tends a young tree in a yard rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a long-handled tool, a sapling, tall grass, a white house, a wood-paneled station wagon, bare branches, and open fields.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, frame scratches, slight fading, and a steady home-movie contact-print feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, transitional memory beat, or cutaway for rural home life, postwar domestic routines, or tree planting.
Historical context: The scene suggests ordinary outdoor upkeep around a modest Midwestern home, with the car and clothing providing visible mid-century context.
Research note: A visible adult face and exterior home setting may require likeness or property review, while copyright status and commercial use should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 8mm Illinois home movie, man tending tree, vintage yard work, rural Americana, wood-paneled station wagon, and mid-century home life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Illinois 1947 home movies, then related scenes of yard work, family property, cars, or rural domestic routines.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Illinois home-movie frame showing a man tending a sapling with a long-handled tool near a white house and station wagon. — A man works the soil or grass around a young tree in front of a house and parked station wagon.

The man continues tending the young tree in a rural Illinois yard, with a wood-paneled station wagon parked near the house. — The yard work continues as the man leans toward the sapling with the tool angled across the grass.

Soft 8mm frame of a man in dark clothing tending a small tree in an Illinois yard, backed by a house and mid-century wagon. — The man shifts position beside the young tree while working in the grassy yard.

A 1947 Illinois home-movie frame shows the man finishing a motion around the sapling, framed by tall grass, house, and wagon. — The man pauses or changes stance while tending the tree in the open yard.

Visually Similar Clips