Japan-1953: Farmers Planting Rice in Paddy Field

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Farmers Planting Rice in Paddy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures two farmers working in a flooded paddy field in Japan. One man in a white shirt and dark pants stands in the water, while another in a light-colored shirt and white cap bends to plant rice seedlings. The scene shows traditional rice cultivation methods with lush green shoots emerging from the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color saturation, and subtle grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century agricultural life. Ideal for historical documentaries, cultural studies, 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: 125231680

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: Supports archival requests for 1950s Japan agricultural life, especially documentary inserts about rice cultivation, rural labor, or home-movie views of farm work.
Period detail: The clothing, hand planting, flooded paddy rows, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show mid-century rural rice farming practice in Japan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged observer watching two adults work slowly in the water rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two farmers, flooded paddy water, young rice seedlings, raised field borders, dense green vegetation, a white cap, and handheld framing.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight contact-sheet blur give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, agricultural process insert, rural transition, or memory beat within a sequence on food, labor, or postwar-era Japan.
Historical context: The scene shows manual rice planting in a wet field, offering visual context for small-scale agricultural labor without identifying the workers or exact locality.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright or source-license assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches such as 1950s Japan rice paddy, 8mm farmers planting rice, vintage Japanese agriculture, and home movie rural field work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 Japan footage, then broader clips of rice farming, rural labor, and traditional agriculture.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two farmers work in a flooded rice paddy in Japan, 1953, with one bending near rows of young seedlings. — Two farmers work among young rice plants in a flooded paddy field.

In a 1953 Japan paddy field, one farmer bends toward rice seedlings while another stands in shallow water behind him. — One worker bends over the planted rows as another stands farther back in the water.

Two adult farmers work apart in a muddy flooded paddy in Japan, with young rice plants visible across the water. — The workers are separated across the paddy while rows of seedlings fill the foreground.

A farmer in a white cap bends over rice seedlings in a flooded Japan paddy, with a second worker standing nearby in the water. — A white-capped worker tends the seedlings as the other farmer remains upright in the field.

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