Japan-1953: Men Tend Rice Seedlings In Waterlogged Paddy Fields

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Men Tend Rice Seedlings In Waterlogged Paddy Fields — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures Japanese farmers working in a waterlogged rice paddy. Two men in light-colored shirts and dark pants bend over the flooded terraced fields, carefully tending to young rice seedlings. The scene unfolds under natural daylight, with lush green vegetation and a golden field in the background. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of traditional agriculture in Japan.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125231733

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 1950s Japan documentary requests needing authentic 8mm rural agriculture footage for an editorial insert or historical cutaway.
Period detail: The light clothing, hand labor, flooded terraces, and home-movie color stock may show mid-century rice cultivation practices in Japan.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as the men continue working, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of field labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flooded rice paddies, young seedlings, two bent workers, earthen terrace edges, dense green vegetation, and a golden crop field beyond.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, saturated greens, slight blur, and a handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural agriculture cutaway, a transition into food production, or a quiet memory beat about everyday labor.
Historical context: The clip documents manual rice-field work in a rural Japanese landscape without supporting a more specific claim about region, farm, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Japan rice paddy, 8mm Japanese farming, men tending rice seedlings, and vintage rural agriculture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Japan 1953 material, then broader 1950s farming, rice cultivation, or rural labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing a distant man tending seedlings in a waterlogged rice paddy bordered by green vegetation. — A worker bends over a flooded rice paddy with terraced fields and vegetation behind him.

1953 Japan home-movie frame with a worker tending rice seedlings across a flooded terraced paddy. — A distant figure works along the far edge of a waterlogged rice field.

1953 Japan 8mm still showing a man working at the edge of a flooded rice paddy under natural daylight. — A man tends the far edge of a flooded paddy bordered by grasses and trees.

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing two men in light shirts tending rice seedlings in a waterlogged paddy. — Two men work among young rice plants in shallow water beside a green terrace bank.

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