Michigan USA-1939: A Snow-Dappled Field With a Utility Pole and Distant Trees

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Michigan

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A Snow-Dappled Field With a Utility Pole and Distant Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a quiet rural landscape in Michigan. The scene features a snow-dappled field with patches of green grass, a tall utility pole in the foreground, and bare trees lining the horizon. A dark, rounded shape—possibly a large animal or hay bale—sits in the middle ground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and light scratches, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains mostly static, offering a contemplative view of a winter countryside.

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: 125296543

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1930s Michigan 8mm countryside footage for documentary inserts, rural memory sequences, seasonal transitions, or quiet archival cutaways.
Period detail: The visible utility pole, open field, bare trees, snow patches, and faded 8mm color may show a late-winter rural or semi-rural landscape in Michigan in 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The static home-movie viewpoint records an ordinary outdoor scene without staging, preserving a brief personal observation of weather, land, and distance.
What appears in frame: The clip shows a snow-dappled grassy field, a narrow pale path, a utility pole, distant bare trees, fencing or posts, and a dark rounded object in the middle ground.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, frame edges, and light surface wear give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, winter-to-spring transition, reflective pause, or memory beat between more active home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday outdoor Michigan landscapes before mid-century, with open land, utility infrastructure, and winter residue visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Michigan 8mm rural field, vintage home movie winter landscape, snow patches countryside, and utility pole farmland footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Michigan exteriors, then with rural winter fields or quiet home-movie landscape cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Michigan 8mm frame of a snow-dappled field with a utility pole, bare trees, and a dark rounded middle-ground form. — A static view across a patchy winter field toward bare trees and a utility pole.

1939 Michigan countryside frame showing a utility pole over a snow-dappled field, with bare trees and a dark rounded form near the right edge. — A snow-flecked field and distant trees remain in soft focus beside a tall pole.

1939 Michigan 8mm still with a central utility pole, patchy snow on grass, a pale path, and soft distant trees. — The camera holds on the field as the pole and snow patches dominate the foreground view.

1939 Michigan rural frame showing a snow-patched field, utility pole, bare horizon trees, and a dark rounded form partly cut off at left. — A final soft frame keeps the winter field, pole, and distant tree line in view.

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