Messada Israel-1976: Workers Struggling in a Dusty Field

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationMessada, Israel
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Israel

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Workers Struggling in a Dusty Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this grainy, monochrome footage captures a desolate rural landscape in Messada, Israel. Three figures labor in a dusty field under an overcast sky, bent over as they work the dry earth. The handheld camera remains mostly static, emphasizing the arduous nature of their task. The image quality reflects the era’s home movie aesthetic—faint grain, soft focus, and a muted palette—evoking a sense of hardship and perseverance. This authentic archival clip offers a poignant glimpse into agricultural life in Israel during the 1970s.

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: 127398852

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 1239 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: holy land trip,march,jerusalem,bethleham
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,zurich,switzerland
Date: 1976 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: Messada, Israel 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 1970s documentary edits needing austere rural labor footage from Israel with an observational home-movie perspective.
Period detail: The soft 8mm frame, muted monochrome scan, sparse field, and simple work posture may show a 1970s rural scene as described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged distance of the camera, watching workers bend over the ground without performance or direct engagement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bent figures, open dusty ground, a low horizon, distant hills, overcast sky, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with grain, gate edges, low contrast, soft focus, and slight exposure variation across the brief shot.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for rural work, hardship, travel, or landscape context.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests manual field work in a dry rural environment, but it should not be used to make unsupported claims about occupation or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and editorial-use review may still be needed even where no logos, brands, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1970s Israel field workers, Messada rural landscape, 8mm home movie labor, dusty agricultural work, and archival rural hardship.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1976 Messada or Israel material, then broader 1970s rural labor and dry landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Messada, Israel 8mm frame showing distant figures working in a dry field under a pale sky. — Distant workers bend toward the ground in an open, dusty field.

Soft 8mm view of workers spread across a dry field near Messada, with distant hills faintly visible. — Blurred figures remain bent over in the field, seen from a fixed distance.

1976 Messada field scene with several figures bent over the earth, recorded in soft, grainy 8mm. — Several workers appear bent over the ground in the dry landscape.

End frame from the 1976 Messada clip, showing mostly open dry ground and a hazy horizon after the workers leave frame. — The shot drifts to an open field and distant low hills.

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