Japan-1953: Two Farmers Plant Rice Seedlings In Flooded Paddy Field

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Two Farmers Plant Rice Seedlings In Flooded Paddy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage Japanese home movie captures two farmers planting rice seedlings in a flooded paddy field. Dressed in light-colored shirts and hats, they bend over in the muddy water, carefully placing young green plants in neat rows. The terraced field is bordered by lush green trees and vegetation, with the natural light reflecting off the water's surface. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color characteristics, offering authentic archival footage of traditional agriculture in mid-20th century 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: 125231751

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 real home-movie footage of rice cultivation and rural agricultural labor.
Period detail: The light shirts, brimmed hats, hand planting, and small flooded paddy may show mid-century rural farming practice, consistent with the 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes two workers at a distance as they bend and move through the water, giving the scene an unstaged fieldwork quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two farmers, young rice seedlings, reflective muddy water, raised paddy borders, dense green vegetation, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has saturated greens, visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and a steady home-movie viewpoint characteristic of scanned 8mm color film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, agricultural cutaway, rural Japan transition, or memory beat about food production and field labor.
Historical context: The footage visually documents manual rice planting in a flooded field without identifying the workers, farm, region, or exact local practice.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Japan rice planting, 8mm home movie paddy field, Japanese farmers agriculture, and vintage rural labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1953 Japan material, then broader rice farming or traditional agriculture scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan home-movie frame showing two farmers planting rice seedlings by hand in a flooded paddy field. — Two farmers work in shallow water, placing young rice plants in rows.

Two farmers in light shirts and hats bend over rows of seedlings in a flooded Japanese paddy field. — Workers move along the paddy rows while planting by hand.

Home-movie still from 1953 Japan showing two farmers spaced apart while planting seedlings in reflective paddy water. — The workers remain bent over as the paddy water reflects light around the rows.

Two distant farmers continue hand-planting rice seedlings in a flooded paddy, with dense greenery beyond the field. — A raised paddy edge separates the workers as they continue planting.

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