Japan-1953: Terraced Rice Fields With Water-Filled Paddies And Forest Background

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Terraced Rice Fields With Water-Filled Paddies And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage Japanese home movie captures a serene rural landscape. Terraced fields with water-filled sections stretch across the frame, bordered by lush greenery and a dense forest in the background. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a utility pole and dirt path, with a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture characteristic of mid-century home movies. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of traditional Japanese agriculture and countryside life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125229710

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1950s Japan rural landscape footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing terraced agricultural fields and quiet countryside atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century rural Japan through water-filled paddy terraces, a simple utility pole, unpaved path, and a window-framed shooting position.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie value is the patient, unstaged view from indoors or through a vehicle or building window toward everyday cultivated land.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flooded rectangular paddies, terraced field edges, forested hillsides, a utility pole, a dirt path, window mullions, and soft vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, purple color shift, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a steady amateur framing that preserves the physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a rural establishing insert, reflective transition, agricultural cutaway, or memory beat between travel and countryside sequences.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for small-scale terraced agriculture and rural infrastructure without identifying a specific town, farm, or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property or land-use concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1953 Japan 8mm rice paddies, 1950s Japanese countryside, terraced fields home movie, and rural agricultural landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Japan travel shots, then other 1953 Japan rural footage, then broader rice field, terrace farming, and countryside landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan home-movie view of flooded paddy terraces, a utility pole, and forested background through a window frame. — Flooded terraced paddies and a utility pole are framed by dark window mullions.

1953 Japan rural view of terraced rice paddies with reflective water, field banks, and dense trees beyond. — Rectangular flooded field sections sit below a wooded hillside.

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing flooded terrace fields, grassy banks, and forested vegetation from a window-framed viewpoint. — Flooded terraces curve across the lower frame with vegetation at right.

1953 Japan countryside frame with a dirt path, utility pole, reflective paddy water, and terraced field edges. — A dirt path and pole cross the view above reflective paddy water.

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