Iowa-1959: View Of Green Trees And Farmland On A Sunny Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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View Of Green Trees And Farmland On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of rolling farmland in Iowa under a bright, sunny sky. Lush green trees dot the landscape, interspersed with vast fields of crops, likely corn, stretching across the hills. The footage, framed by the dark border of a film projector, shows subtle camera movement, panning across the rural scenery. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel. A small bird briefly flies across the frame, adding a touch of life to the serene countryside. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about 1950s rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127420734

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 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: Iowa, United States 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1950s Iowa rural landscape footage for documentary, education, museum, or period-setting editorial use.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century farm country with open crop fields, scattered tree lines, fence posts, and an elevated home-movie viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the casual value of a family-film landscape pan, observing farmland from a hillside or roadside without staging or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling crop fields, green tree clusters, foreground corn, fence posts, open grassy paths, and dark film gate borders.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate shadow, and slight handheld movement typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural establishing insert, pastoral transition, memory beat, or cutaway for 1950s Midwestern farm context.
Historical context: The view places emphasis on cultivated land and summer greenery, offering broad visual context for rural Iowa life without showing labor or buildings.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, land depiction, and source permissions should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Iowa farmland 8mm, 1950s rural Midwest home movie, vintage crop fields, and sunny countryside landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Iowa scenes, then other 1959 Iowa rural views, then broader 1950s farmland or Midwestern landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa home-movie view of rolling farmland, tree clusters, and a faint path framed by dark film gate edges. — Elevated view across green fields and trees in rural Iowa.

1959 Iowa rural landscape with crop rows, tree line, a grassy track, and soft 8mm color fading. — Fields and trees continue across the hillside during the pan.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing foreground corn, distant cultivated fields, and muted 8mm grain. — Foreground corn plants lead into wider farmland beyond.

1959 Iowa farmland view with foreground corn, a fence post, distant crops, and a visible scratch or hair on the film image. — A fence post and corn plants frame the distant crop fields.

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