Japan-1953: Wheat Ready To Be Harvested In A Farm

$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.

Wheat Ready To Be Harvested In A Farm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures a vast golden wheat field ready for harvest in Japan. The camera moves slowly across the ripened crop, showcasing the dense, sun-drenched stalks swaying gently in the breeze. In the distance, a lone tree and utility poles stand against a pale sky, emphasizing the rural landscape. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic 1950s agricultural 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: 125230200

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

wheat
nature
farm
crops
farming
ready
harvested
japan
1953
1953 Japan wheat field
vintage 8mm film
1950s farming
golden wheat harvest
rural Japan 1953
archival agricultural footage
8mm home movie
vintage farm life
golden crops
1950s countryside
Japanese agriculture
retro farming
historical footage
nostalgic 1950s
documentary wheat field
vintage Super 8
rural landscape
1950s home movie
agricultural history
8mm film grain

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Japan documentary requests needing rural agriculture, crop growth, or harvest-season cutaway footage from real 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The visible 8mm color, open field, distant utility poles, and simple rural horizon may show mid-century agricultural landscape details consistent with the 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observational quality, with the camera lingering on ripened wheat rather than arranging action or people for the shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense golden wheat, pale sky, distant tree line, a lone tree, utility poles, dark frame edges, and soft rural horizon.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, slight softness, faded color, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home-movie film scans.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an agricultural insert, rural transition, seasonal cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader Japan or farming sequences.
Historical context: The frames document cultivated farmland and rural infrastructure without showing workers, machinery, buildings, or specific identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any broader property or archive-use permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 Japan 8mm wheat field footage, vintage rural farming landscape, golden crop field, and home-movie agricultural cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 Japan rural footage, then broader archival themes of farming, harvest, and landscape.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing ripened wheat across an open field, with a distant tree and pale sky beyond the crop. — Ripened wheat fills the foreground beneath a low rural horizon.

1953 Japan rural field view with dense wheat in the foreground, a small distant tree, utility pole, and pale sky. — A broad wheat field stretches toward a sparse rural horizon.

1953 Japan 8mm view of mature wheat stalks, with utility poles and a low rural horizon visible in the distance. — Tall wheat stalks dominate the frame with utility poles beyond.

1953 Japan farm landscape showing dense golden wheat, distant poles, and a flat rural horizon in faded 8mm color. — Dense wheat fills the foreground as the rural horizon recedes behind it.

Visually Similar Clips