West Virginia-1938: Cotton Fields Swaying In The Wind Ready For Harvest Black

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Cotton Fields Swaying In The Wind Ready For Harvest Black — Clip Details

WEST VIRGINIA-1938: A close-up view of cotton bolls in a field, captured on 8mm film. The white, fluffy cotton pods stand out against the dark soil, swaying gently in the wind. The footage shows the cotton ready for harvest, with a natural, grainy texture typical of vintage home movies. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1930s American agriculture and rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127268325

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: 1938 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: West Virginia, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s archival agricultural cutaway for productions needing close home-movie views of a cotton crop near harvest in rural West Virginia.
Period detail: The frames may show 1938 West Virginia cotton plants, with dense pale bolls and dark stems as the main visible period clue rather than buildings or machinery.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged field-level viewpoint, observing the crop closely as it moves in the wind rather than documenting a formal farm operation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale cotton bolls, dark plant stems, tangled foliage, soft background texture, wind movement, and heavy 8mm grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, dark exposure, and slight frame instability that give the crop close-up a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief agricultural insert, rural transition, harvest-season cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s farming sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places attention on crop growth and harvest readiness, but it does not show workers, equipment, land ownership, or a broader farm setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still review copyright status and any collection-specific licensing terms.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm cotton field, West Virginia agriculture home movie, vintage crop close-up, and cotton bolls before harvest.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1938 West Virginia rural footage, then with broader 1930s agriculture, harvest, or crop-detail material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm close-up of pale cotton bolls clustered among dark stems and leaves. — Cotton bolls fill the frame in a dark, grainy field close-up.

Close 8mm view of cotton plants in West Virginia, with pale bolls standing out from dark foliage. — A dense patch of cotton plants appears in soft, grainy close-up.

1938 archival home-movie frame showing cotton bolls and tangled plant stems in a close field view. — Cotton bolls and stems form a textured agricultural close-up.

West Virginia cotton crop close-up from 1938, with pale bolls visible across dark foliage. — Pale cotton bolls stand out across a dark, grainy field view.

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