Michigan-1958: Man In Hat Checking Plants On Farm On Sunny Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Michigan

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Man In Hat Checking Plants On Farm On Sunny Day — Clip Details

A man in a wide-brimmed hat and light-colored shirt tends to rows of leafy plants in a sunny farm field, captured on 8mm film in 1958. He bends over the crops, carefully inspecting them under a clear blue sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of vintage home movie footage. The setting appears to be a rural Michigan farm, with a utility pole visible in the background. This authentic 1950s home movie captures a quiet moment of agricultural 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: 127612263

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 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1958 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: Michigan, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Michigan agriculture sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of a man inspecting crops in a sunny field.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed work hat, light shirt, utility pole, and 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-century rural farm setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged moment as the man bends close to the plants and works quietly rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a brimmed hat, leafy crop rows, bare soil paths, a clear blue sky, trees, a utility pole, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, handheld framing, and rounded dark gate edges that add archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor cutaway, agricultural insert, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat within a family or farm history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents small-scale crop tending in a rural setting without identifying the farm, crop type, or the man shown.
Research note: A visible adult likeness may require review for commercial use, while no logos or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Michigan farm home movie, 8mm man checking plants, vintage crop field footage, and 1950s rural agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1958 Michigan rural scenes, then broader 1950s farming and crop-tending material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Michigan 8mm frame showing a man in a hat tending leafy plants in a rural field under blue sky. — A man bends toward plants in a sunny farm row, with trees and a utility pole beyond.

1958 Michigan home-movie frame of a man in a brimmed hat inspecting plants along a farm row. — The man leans over the crop row, partially shaded by his hat as the field fills the background.

1958 Michigan 8mm still showing a man bent over crops in a sunny rural field. — The man works close to the plants while the handheld camera frames him at the edge of the crop row.

1958 Michigan home-movie frame with a man in a brimmed hat tending leafy plants near a soil path. — The crop row and soil path dominate the frame as the man continues tending plants at right.

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