Illinois USA-1947: Farmer Tending Wheat Fields and Women Smiling in Neighborhood

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

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Farmer Tending Wheat Fields and Women Smiling in... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a farmer in a dark hat and sweater tending to a wheat field in rural Illinois. The grainy, sun-drenched footage shows the man working amidst tall golden stalks under an overcast sky. The scene transitions to a close-up of two women smiling warmly, one wearing glasses and a fur-collared coat, sharing a joyful moment in a quiet neighborhood. The footage exudes authentic 1940s Americana, with natural lighting and the characteristic texture of aged Super 8 film.

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: 124914969

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Illinois home-movie requests needing rural farm labor and informal neighborhood portrait moments for documentary, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color texture, rural field work, brick residential backdrop, glasses, and fur-collared coat support a late-1940s domestic and agricultural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged home-movie behavior, shifting from a man working in a field to women smiling and reacting warmly near the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a hat among tall grain, hazy farmland, two smiling women, eyeglasses, a fur-collared coat, brick homes, windows, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, color fading, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural 1940s insert, a family-memory transition, or a cutaway between farm labor and neighborhood social life.
Historical context: The images show everyday rural and neighborhood life, with manual field work and informal female portraiture presented through a private home-movie lens.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and identity review may be needed even if no brands, children, music, or obvious private interiors are shown.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 Illinois 8mm home movies, 1940s farmer in wheat field, rural Americana footage, and women smiling in a neighborhood.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Illinois 1947 material, then broader 1940s rural labor or neighborhood family footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Illinois 8mm frame of a man in a dark hat working among tall grain in a hazy rural field. — A man tends a grain field in a soft, overexposed rural shot.

1947 Illinois home-movie frame of a smiling woman in glasses and a fur-collared coat near a residential street or entry. — A woman smiles toward the camera in dim neighborhood light.

1947 Illinois 8mm frame of two women near brick residential buildings, with one woman turning toward the camera. — Two women share a candid moment outside a brick residential row.

1947 Illinois home-movie frame of two smiling women, one in glasses and a light fur-collared coat, outside brick homes. — Two women smile in a close neighborhood portrait.

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