Illinois USA-1947: Shaky Footage Of A Man In A Field Doing Work

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

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Shaky Footage Of A Man In A Field Doing Work — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a man working in a wheat field in Illinois. Dressed in a dark shirt, light trousers, and a hat, he bends over and moves through tall, golden stalks under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, light scratches, and a slightly shaky camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century rural labor. The distant treeline and faint structures suggest a quiet countryside setting. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124914953

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Illinois rural labor footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing an authentic home-movie view of field work.
Period detail: The hat, simple work clothes, hand tool, tall field grass or grain, and open rural horizon may show mid-century agricultural work consistent with the 1947 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in its casual handheld view of a man bending, gathering, and moving through the field rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a brimmed hat, dark shirt, light trousers, tall pale stalks, a hand tool, distant trees or structures, overcast sky, and film scratches.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, surface scratches, slight blur, and handheld shake give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural work insert, agricultural cutaway, mid-century memory beat, or transition into a sequence about farm life.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests everyday field labor in a rural Illinois setting, but the frames do not identify the crop, farm owner, or exact community.
Research note: A person is visible and may be identifiable only in limited profile, so likeness considerations remain separate from copyright and location documentation.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Illinois 8mm farm work, man working in wheat field home movie, rural labor archival footage, and vintage agriculture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1947 Illinois rural footage, and then with broader 1940s agriculture or field-work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Illinois 8mm frame showing a man in a hat bending through tall pale stalks in an open field. — A man bends forward while working among tall field stalks.

1947 Illinois home-movie frame of a man working low in a field, with soft focus and visible film wear. — The worker leans into the tall crop or grass as the handheld camera drifts.

1947 Illinois 8mm frame showing a man in work clothes holding cut or gathered vegetation in a rural field. — The man gathers vegetation while standing amid the tall field growth.

1947 Illinois home-movie frame of a man moving through a field with a bundle of vegetation near a distant rural horizon. — The worker moves across the field carrying a small bundle of vegetation.

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