Iowa-1959: Man Stands By Water Near Rural Pastures

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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Man Stands By Water Near Rural Pastures — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a serene rural Iowa landscape. The sequence opens on a wide view of rolling green pastures bordered by a white fence and a dense treeline under a hazy sky. A yellow road sign is visible near a roadside. The scene transitions to a man in a light-colored fedora and dark shirt standing by a body of water, gazing into the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, evoking mid-century Americana and rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127421292

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 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: Useful for 1950s rural Iowa inserts, mid-century home-movie atmosphere, and documentary scenes needing pasture, roadside, water, or solitary figure coverage.
Period detail: The visible fedora, simple dark shirt, white pasture fencing, rural road, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century leisure or travel filming in Iowa.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, moving from a quiet rural landscape to a man standing casually by water and looking outward.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green pasture, white rail fencing, a roadside curve, a yellow road sign, distant trees, open sky, water, and a man in a light hat.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, muted color shifts, mild haze, and handheld framing that give the material a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, a reflective cutaway, a transition from farmland to waterfront, or a quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The scene visually situates everyday rural travel or leisure within open Iowa pasture and waterfront settings without identifying a specific farm or landmark.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, children, or audible music are evident from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Searches for 1959 Iowa 8mm home movie, rural pasture footage, mid-century man by water, white fence farmland, or vintage Iowa landscape may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1959 Iowa rural scenes, then broader mid-century farmland, roadside, or waterfront home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing green pasture, white rail fencing, a curving road, yellow roadside sign, and distant trees under a hazy sky. — Pastureland, fencing, and a roadside sign in a rural Iowa view.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame with a broad pasture, white fencing, a road edge, distant trees, and soft haze across the horizon. — Wide view of fenced pasture and roadside in open rural terrain.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing sloped grass, white rail fencing, a road, low brush, and distant rural fields beneath a pale sky. — Sloping pasture and fence lines continue across the rural landscape.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing an adult man in a light fedora and dark shirt standing by water, with trees along the far shore. — Adult man stands by a body of water, looking across the scene.

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