Japan-1953: A Farmer Tends To A Flooded Rice Paddy Field

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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A Farmer Tends To A Flooded Rice Paddy Field — Clip Details

A man in a straw hat and light-colored clothing works in a flooded rice paddy field in Japan, 1953. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows him bent over, tending to the waterlogged soil with a tool. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple and green color cast, characteristic of aged Super 8 film. Another figure in a white hat is partially visible in the lower left. The image has a soft focus and grainy texture, capturing a quiet moment of traditional farming life.

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: 125229694

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 1033 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953
Reel-level location note: japan
Date: 1953 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: Japan 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Japan documentary edits needing brief rural agriculture or rice paddy labor footage from 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The straw hat, hand tool, simple work clothing, and flooded field may show mid-century rural farming practice, supported by the Japan 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip observes a worker bending and tending the paddy from a distant, informal home-movie viewpoint rather than a staged demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a straw-hatted farmer, flooded paddy water, dark soil or plants, tall dry stalks, green vegetation, a partial second white hat, and soft film edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, and a pronounced purple-green color shift that reads as aged physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor cutaway, a quiet transition between Japan travel scenes, or a memory beat about food production and everyday work.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for small-scale agricultural labor in Japan, while the exact community, farm, and worker identity are not established in the frames.
Research note: People are visible, with no logos apparent; copyright, likeness, and location permissions should be reviewed separately before commercial use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1953 Japan 8mm rice paddy farmer, rural Japanese agriculture home movie, straw hat field work, and flooded paddy archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Japan 1953 material, then broader 1950s rural agriculture and traditional field work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Japan 1953 footage, a straw-hatted farmer works near tall dry stalks beside a flooded rice paddy as a second hat appears at frame edge. — A farmer bends over the edge of a flooded paddy, with another person partly visible at lower left.

A straw-hatted farmer in light clothing tends vegetation beside a flooded rice paddy in Japan, with purple-shifted water and dry stalks behind him. — The worker leans into the field edge while standing near waterlogged soil and tall dry plants.

The 1953 Japan home-movie frame shows the farmer bent low at the paddy edge, with green growth in front and purple-toned water behind. — The farmer works close to the ground along the paddy margin as the flooded field fills the background.

A straw-hatted farmer appears to use a hand tool at the edge of a flooded rice paddy in Japan, framed with aged 8mm color shift and grain. — The worker handles a tool near the paddy edge while water and dark field growth stretch behind him.

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