Japan-1953: People Wearing White Shirts Working In Tan Farm Field On A Clear Day

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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People Wearing White Shirts Working In Tan Farm Field On... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage Japanese home movie captures rural agricultural life. The footage opens on golden wheat fields under a clear sky, with a utility pole framing the view. Later, three people in traditional white head coverings and simple clothing work with hay bales on a terraced hillside, surrounded by lush greenery. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 footage from the era, 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: 125230333

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: 1950s Japan rural agriculture footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing authentic home-movie views of field work.
Period detail: The clothing, head coverings, terraced farm setting, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century rural Japanese agricultural practice.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes field labor from a casual home-movie distance, with workers continuing their tasks rather than posing for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include golden fields, a utility pole, terraced earth, hay or straw piles, workers in pale head coverings, greenery, and rough farm structures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color shifts, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture of the original scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life insert, agricultural cutaway, travel memory beat, or transition between broader postwar Japan scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually documents small-scale farm labor and rural terrain without confirming the crop type, exact region, or social circumstances.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no logos or clear private interiors apparent.
Research search match: Useful searches might include 1950s Japan farm work, 8mm Japanese rural life, vintage agriculture home movie, or workers in terraced fields.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Japan footage, then with 1953 Japan material, then with broader rural agriculture and field-work clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan home-movie frame showing golden rural fields divided by darker rows, with a utility pole in the foreground. — Wide view across golden fields with a utility pole in the foreground.

1953 Japan rural field view with horizontal crop bands, a dark pole, and a small pile near the field margin. — Field rows and a small pile of cut material near the crop edge.

1953 Japan frame with two workers handling hay or straw on a terraced rural hillside near a small structure. — Workers handle straw or hay among terraced farm materials.

1953 Japan home-movie frame showing three workers in head coverings among hay or straw piles on a rural terrace. — Three workers among straw piles and greenery on a terraced hillside.

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