Japan-1953: Farmers in White Shirts Transplanting Rice in Paddy Field

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Farmers in White Shirts Transplanting Rice in Paddy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures two farmers in white shirts and dark pants working in a flooded rice paddy field in Japan. They bend at the waist, carefully transplanting young rice seedlings into the muddy water under a clear, bright sky. The lush green terraced fields stretch toward a dense forest backdrop, with the natural film grain and color palette of the era lending a nostalgic, authentic feel. This archival home movie offers a glimpse into traditional Japanese agriculture during the early 1950s.

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: 125231739

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 agricultural home-movie footage for productions needing concise rural labor, rice cultivation, or postwar everyday-life context.
Period detail: The clothing, hand transplanting, small flooded paddy plots, and 8mm color image may show mid-century rural agricultural practice in Japan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of two workers bending and moving through shallow muddy water while tending young rice plants.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two field workers, white shirts, dark trousers, flooded paddy water, young rice seedlings, grassy embankments, and dense green trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens, slight exposure variation, and a steady home-movie viewpoint across the brief action.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rural agriculture insert, a transition into food production, or a quiet cutaway for everyday labor in 1950s Japan.
Historical context: The footage visually documents manual rice-field work and terraced wet-field surroundings without identifying the workers or a precise local community.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from any likeness, privacy, or location-identification considerations.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1950s Japan rice paddy footage, 8mm Japanese agriculture, vintage home movie farmers, and rural rice transplanting scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Japan 1953 rural material, then broader archive scenes of rice cultivation and farm labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 Japan, two distant workers in light shirts tend young rice plants in a flooded paddy bordered by greenery. — Two workers bend over rows of young rice plants in a flooded field.

Two field workers continue tending a flooded rice paddy in Japan, with small seedlings and a dense green background visible. — Workers move through shallow water while tending rows of rice seedlings.

One worker bends near the foreground seedlings as another tends the far edge of a flooded rice field in archival 1950s Japan footage. — One worker bends near the foreground while another continues along the paddy edge.

Two distant workers in light shirts tend rows of young rice plants in a flooded Japanese paddy field, filmed on 8mm in 1953. — Distant workers tend young rice plants in a flooded paddy bordered by trees.

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