Wisconsin-1964: People Picking Blueberries from Bushes

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Wisconsin

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People Picking Blueberries from Bushes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day in Wisconsin as people pick ripe blueberries from lush bushes. Hands carefully pluck the dark blue fruit from green foliage, with a person in a red and white plaid shirt visible among the rows. The footage shows a classic mid-century rural harvest, with natural sunlight and the authentic grain of Super 8 film adding to its nostalgic charm. This archival clip offers authentic Americana footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127603012

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Wisconsin, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Wisconsin home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing close views of people hand-picking blueberries in summer sunlight.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, sleeveless dress, handheld 8mm framing, and color reversal look may show mid-1960s rural family harvest activity.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged closeness of hands moving through bushes, with people focused on picking rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blueberry bushes, clusters of blue fruit, adult hands, a plaid shirt, a purple dress, sandy ground, sunlight, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus shifts, visible grain, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural harvest insert, seasonal transition, food-memory cutaway, or intimate detail shot within a family or Americana sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows small-scale fruit picking in a sunny outdoor setting, suggesting a domestic or local harvest scene without identifying a farm or business.
Research note: People and hands are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Wisconsin 8mm blueberry picking, vintage home movie fruit harvest, and family hands picking berries outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wisconsin 1964 material, then broader 1960s fruit picking, rural summer, or home-garden harvest scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing blueberry bushes in sunlight with a person partly obscured among the leaves. — A person stands partly hidden behind sunlit blueberry bushes.

Close 8mm view of hands reaching into blueberry bushes, with a red and white plaid shirt partly visible. — Hands reach through dense blueberry branches during picking.

1964 Wisconsin home-movie frame showing hands plucking blueberries from leafy bushes in a close handheld view. — Close hands carefully pluck berries from a sunlit branch.

Outdoor 8mm frame from Wisconsin showing a person in a purple dress reaching into blueberry bushes near sandy rows. — A person reaches into a blueberry bush along a sandy row.

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