Japan-1953: Man Working In Rice Paddy Planting Seedlings

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Man Working In Rice Paddy Planting Seedlings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures a farmer working in a rice paddy in Japan. The man, wearing a white shirt and dark pants, bends over in the muddy water, planting rice seedlings by hand. Terraced fields stretch across the landscape, with golden rice stalks and lush green vegetation in the background. A winding dirt road curves through the hills, and the natural, unsteady camera movement adds to the authentic home movie feel. The image shows classic 8mm film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, rural agricultural scene from mid-century Japan.

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: 125231763

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 requests for 1950s Japan agricultural life, rural labor, rice cultivation, and documentary cutaways of hand planting in terraced paddy fields.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and hand-worked rice paddy may show mid-century rural farming practices, with no visible machinery or modern signage in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The distant, handheld viewpoint observes a farmer bending and moving through muddy water without staging or direct interaction with the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, flooded rice rows, muddy paddy soil, golden grain, dense green vegetation, hillside terraces, and a winding dirt road.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture, with soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens and yellows, slight exposure variation, and unsteady framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an agricultural insert, rural Japan establishing detail, memory beat, or transition between broader scenes of landscape and labor.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for manual rice cultivation in rural Japan, focusing on field work and landscape rather than identifiable institutions or events.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness considerations may remain even though no logos, brands, music, or private interiors are apparent; copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1953 Japan 8mm rice paddy farmer, vintage Japanese agriculture, rural home movie farming, and hand planting rice seedlings.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Japan 1953 rural or travel material, then with broader rice farming and mid-century agriculture scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing a distant farmer in a white shirt working by hand in a muddy rice paddy near flooded rows and terraced greenery. — A farmer bends over in the paddy as flooded rice rows and hillside vegetation fill the frame.

1953 Japan home-movie frame with a farmer bending in a muddy paddy, backed by yellow grain, dense greenery, and a winding dirt road. — The farmer remains bent over while working across the muddy terrace above the flooded rows.

Vintage 8mm frame from Japan in 1953 showing a farmer working low to the ground beside flooded rice rows and a green terraced embankment. — A low handheld view frames the farmer near the paddy edge with rice rows in the foreground.

1953 Japan 8mm frame showing a farmer bent over in the paddy, surrounded by muddy water, planted rows, dense greenery, and a pale dirt road. — The farmer continues hand work in the paddy as the road and terraced vegetation sit behind him.

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