Illinois USA-1947: Man Using Scythe in Field with White Farmhouse

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

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Man Using Scythe in Field with White Farmhouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a man in a black shirt and hat using a scythe in a dry, open field in Illinois. The footage shows him working the land before the camera pans to reveal a white farmhouse in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and age marks, evoking a nostalgic, rural American scene from the post-war era.

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: 124914855

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Brief rural 1940s Illinois 8mm home-movie clip suited for documentary or educational inserts about farm work, land use, or everyday postwar life.
Period detail: The clothing, hand scythe, open field, and simple white outbuilding may show rural Midwestern work practices in the late 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing a man at field work before drifting toward the nearby white building.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a scythe, dry grass, open horizon, pale sky, white building, small fence or posts, and heavy film scratches.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, handheld framing, dust, scratches, gate edges, and light exposure shifts that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short rural labor insert, a transition into farm life, or a memory beat between broader Illinois landscape scenes.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for small-scale field work and rural domestic surroundings without identifying the worker or property.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any property considerations should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Illinois 8mm farm work, man using scythe home movie, rural field white building, and vintage Midwest agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 Illinois material, then related rural labor or farmhouse exterior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 Illinois home-movie footage, a man stands with a scythe in a dry field under a pale sky. — Man with scythe in an open rural field.

Soft 8mm frame of an open Illinois field with pale sky, horizon line, and visible film wear. — Open field and horizon after the worker leaves frame.

A white rural building appears near a dry field in 1947 Illinois 8mm home-movie footage. — White building at the edge of a dry field.

End frame shows part of a white rural building with windows beside an open Illinois field. — Partial view of the white rural building and surrounding field.

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