Japan-1953: Farmer Harvesting Rice In Golden Field

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Farmer Harvesting Rice In Golden Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures a farmer working in a golden rice field in Japan. The individual, wearing a light-colored head covering and long sleeves, bends repeatedly to harvest the crop by hand. The scene unfolds under bright sunlight, with rows of mature grain contrasting against tilled earth in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125230051

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Japan 8mm footage suited to documentary or education requests for traditional rice harvesting, rural labor, and postwar-era agricultural life.
Period detail: The hand harvesting, head covering, long sleeves, small field plot, and visible grain rows may show mid-century rural agricultural practice in Japan.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as the worker bends and gathers rice by hand, giving the scene an unstaged field-work rhythm rather than a posed view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone field worker, pale head covering, golden rice plants, dark tilled soil, cut straw, distant fields, and a vertical utility pole.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor insert, seasonal harvest cutaway, memory beat, or transition within sequences about agriculture in Japan.
Historical context: The clip visually documents manual crop harvesting in a rural field setting, while broader social or regional conclusions would require outside research.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, minors, private interiors, or identifiable property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Japan rice harvest, 8mm rural farming footage, hand cutting grain, Japanese field worker, and vintage agriculture home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Japan 1953 rural scenes, then broader 1950s agriculture or manual harvest footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Japan 1953 footage, a distant worker in a light head covering stands in a golden rice field beside dark tilled earth. — A worker stands in the rice field with cut grain and tilled rows visible nearby.

In Japan 1953 footage, a worker in long sleeves moves through a rice field near mature grain and dark soil. — The worker moves along the field edge with mature rice and tilled earth in view.

In Japan 1953 footage, the worker bends low beside golden rice plants, suggesting hand harvesting in a rural field. — The worker bends toward the crop while harvesting rice by hand.

In Japan 1953 footage, the worker crouches near the rice plants while holding or gathering a pale bundle of cut crop. — The worker crouches with a bundle of harvested rice in the field.

Visually Similar Clips