Indiana USA-1948: Woman and Man Pumping Water with Dog

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationIndiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 Indiana

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Woman and Man Pumping Water with Dog — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a woman and a man at a hand pump in Indiana, USA. A dog stands nearby as they work together to draw water from the ground. The footage shows a classic mid-century rural scene with period clothing and a vintage automobile in the background. The image is grainy and faded, with visible scratches and dust, characteristic of archival Super 8 film. This authentic slice of Americana evokes nostalgia and offers authentic historical footage for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124920447

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 2353 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: lillian starost, hospital in claremont, new hampshire,boston traffic,baby,dad,bill
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: indianapolis indiana
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Indiana, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 Indiana home-movie footage for productions needing rural domestic labor, hand-pumped water, and everyday Americana inserts.
Period detail: Visible period clues include a metal hand pump, mid-century clothing, a skirted woman, a man in trousers, and a rounded vintage automobile nearby.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal home-movie view of people working at a pump while a dog moves around them, with no staged performance apparent.
What appears in frame: The frames show two adults, a hand water pump, a dog, grass, a vintage car, a small structure or fence, and faded outdoor surroundings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, visible dust and scratches, uneven exposure, and a handheld home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural-life cutaway, memory beat, or transition into themes of domestic work and water access.
Historical context: The clip visually places water drawing in a rural or small-town outdoor setting, suggesting everyday household labor without making broader claims.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are legible, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Indiana home movie hand pump, rural water pump with dog, vintage 8mm Americana, and family footage drawing water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Indiana 1948 home movies, then rural work, domestic water, dogs, and mid-century family-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 Indiana home-movie footage, a woman stands by a hand pump while a dog is nearby and a vintage car sits in the background. — Woman at an outdoor hand pump with a dog and vintage car nearby.

A dog stands beside the hand pump in the Indiana outdoor scene, with an adult partly visible and a vintage car in the background. — Dog beside the pump as an adult stands just inside the frame.

The dog moves near the base of the hand pump while an adult stands close by in the soft, faded 1948 Indiana home-movie frame. — Dog near the pump as the adults continue around the water source.

A woman leans near the hand pump in the Indiana scene, with the pump handle and vintage automobile visible through the faded 8mm frame. — Woman working near the hand pump with the vintage car behind her.

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