Japan-1952: Women Preparing Food in Kitchen

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Women Preparing Food in Kitchen — Clip Details

A woman in a blue apron prepares food in a 1950s kitchen, her movements captured on vintage 8mm film. The scene shows her at the sink and counter, with a retro refrigerator and yellow chairs visible. Another woman in a white apron joins her, and they share a moment of conversation. The footage features warm, slightly faded colors and authentic film grain, evoking mid-century domestic life in Japan.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 125227585

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: 1952 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: Japan 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: Useful for 1950s Japan domestic-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie material of kitchen work, meal preparation, and women in a private interior.
Period detail: The frame may show early-1950s domestic details including aprons, a compact refrigerator, window blinds, a sink counter, dishes, and yellow kitchen chairs.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal household motion as one woman works at the counter and another joins her for a brief conversation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, blue and white aprons, a kitchen sink, dishes, glassware, a refrigerator, window blinds, and yellow chairs around a table.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic cutaway, homemaking insert, interior transition, or quiet memory beat in a sequence about postwar family life.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for mid-century household labor and social interaction inside a private kitchen without identifying the people or household.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness, privacy, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1952 Japan 8mm kitchen footage, women cooking in a home movie, mid-century domestic interior, and vintage household cleaning.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Japan 1952 interiors, and then with related 1950s cooking, cleaning, and family-home material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 Japan home-movie footage, a woman in a blue apron works near the sink in a small kitchen with a refrigerator and yellow chairs. — A woman in a blue apron works at the kitchen counter near the sink.

A woman in a blue apron pauses beside a table set with dishes and glassware in a 1952 Japan kitchen interior. — The woman stands beside a table with dishes and glassware in the kitchen.

In a private kitchen, the woman in a blue apron handles a small item near dishes, a sink counter, window blinds, and a refrigerator. — The woman handles a small item while standing between the table and sink counter.

Two women in aprons share a brief kitchen moment in 1952 Japan home-movie footage, with dishes, a window, and cabinets visible. — Two women stand together in the kitchen as one holds a stack of dishes.

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