Japan-1953: Farmers Tilling Rice Paddy in Wide-Brimmed Hats

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Farmers Tilling Rice Paddy in Wide-Brimmed Hats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures two farmers working in a muddy rice paddy in Japan. Wearing wide-brimmed straw hats and light-colored shirts, they use long-handled tools to till the waterlogged field. The image shows the characteristic grain, scratches, and color fading of an authentic Super 8 home movie, with a dark frame border and film damage visible. The scene evokes a sense of rural labor and traditional agricultural practices in mid-century Japan.

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: 125229861

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Japan requests needing rural agricultural labor, rice paddy work, or traditional farming cutaways for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The straw hats, hand tools, muddy paddy, and 8mm home-movie color may show mid-century rural field work in Japan, consistent with the supplied 1953 date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an observed home-movie moment, with workers continuing their field labor rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two farmers, broad straw hats, light shirts, long-handled tools, standing water, dark mud clumps, green paddy edges, and black film borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, scratches, slight color fading, gate borders, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural labor cutaway, geographic transition, or memory beat within a sequence about agriculture or postwar everyday life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents manual rice-field work and rural labor practices without identifying the people, exact place, or farm beyond the supplied Japan location.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed; no logos, children, private interiors, or music are evident from the supplied metadata and stills.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1953 Japan 8mm rice paddy workers, farmers in straw hats, muddy field labor, rural Japanese agriculture, and vintage home movie farming footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Japan 1953 material, then broader 1950s rural agriculture or manual field work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan home-movie frame showing a farmer in a straw hat using a long tool in a muddy rice paddy. — A farmer works a waterlogged paddy with a long-handled tool.

1953 Japan frame with two farmers in straw hats working among mud and standing water in a rice paddy. — Two farmers work across a muddy paddy, each holding a long tool.

1953 Japan home-movie still showing two paddy workers with straw hats and hand tools in wet mud. — Workers bend and stand in the paddy while handling field tools.

1953 Japan frame showing two farmers in straw hats crossing or working a waterlogged rice paddy. — Two farmers move through the muddy field near shallow standing water.

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