Japan-1953: Farmer in White Shirt Plows Field with Brown Ox

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 Japan

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Farmer in White Shirt Plows Field with Brown Ox — Clip Details

A farmer in a white shirt and dark pants guides a brown ox pulling a wooden plow through a muddy field in rural Japan, 1953. The 8mm home movie captures the traditional agricultural practice under a clear sky, with golden rice paddies and trees in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera shake, conveying authentic vintage charm. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Japanese farming life.

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: 125290003

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: Useful for 1950s rural Japan sequences needing a brief agricultural labor insert with a farmer guiding an ox-drawn plow.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century hand farming, with a wooden plow, animal traction, muddy field rows, and rice paddies beyond.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view observes the farmer and ox at working distance, preserving an unstaged home-movie record of field labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a farmer in a white shirt, dark pants, a brown ox, wooden plow, muddy field, rice paddies, low vegetation, and distant trees.
Film character: The 8mm color footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight gate marks, uneven exposure, and mild handheld movement consistent with home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, rural transition, labor detail, or memory beat in a sequence about farming or everyday village life.
Historical context: The footage visually documents animal-powered plowing in a rural Japanese field without identifying the farmer, farm, or exact region.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright or source licensing considerations.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1953 Japan 8mm farm footage, Japanese farmer with ox, rural rice field plowing, and vintage home movie agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Japan 1953 rural scenes, then broader 1950s agricultural labor or ox-plowing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In rural Japan, 1953, a farmer in a white shirt guides a brown ox and wooden plow across a muddy field. — Farmer and ox plow a muddy field with rice paddies in the distance.

A 1953 Japan home-movie frame shows a farmer handling a wooden plow behind a brown ox in a wet field. — The farmer follows the ox-drawn plow across rough, muddy ground.

A farmer in rural Japan, 1953, works behind an ox-drawn wooden plow with paddies and trees behind the field. — Ox-drawn plowing continues with the farmer guiding the handle.

The farmer and brown ox continue plowing a rural Japanese field in this 1953 8mm home-movie frame. — Farmer and ox work along the field edge beneath a pale sky.

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