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Illinois USA-1947: Slow-Panning View of Farmland and Distant Farmhouse

  • Year1947
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationIllinois, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1947 Illinois
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Slow-Panning View of Farmland and Distant Farmhouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a slow pan across a desolate Illinois farmland landscape. Viewed through a scratched, aged window frame, the scene reveals a vast, empty horizon under a pale sky. A plowed field dominates the foreground, while a small wooden farmhouse and outbuildings appear in the distance. The footage, marked by film grain and wear, evokes a quiet, melancholic mood of rural Americana from the post-war era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124914909

Rights & Clearance

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

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Date
1947 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Illinois, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

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  • post-war America
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  • 1940s home movie
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  • rural Illinois

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1940s Illinois rural landscape footage with an empty postwar farm horizon.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Illinois farmland with a plowed foreground, pale sky, flat horizon, and dark window-frame bars crossing the view.
A flat rural horizon and plowed field appear behind dark frame bars.

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