Michigan-1958: Woman Harvesting in Blueberry Field

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Michigan

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Woman Harvesting in Blueberry Field — Clip Details

A woman with curly hair in a blue shirt crouches among rows of green bushes in a sunny field, gently touching the leaves. The scene, shot on 8mm film in 1958, captures a quiet moment of harvesting or tending to plants under a clear blue sky. The vintage footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from Michigan. The woman smiles softly, immersed in the peaceful outdoor activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127612278

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Michigan home-movie footage suited to requests for agricultural labor, berry picking, rural family life, or women working outdoors.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century casual clothing and small-scale field work, with no visible machinery, signage, or landmarks to narrow the setting beyond the supplied Michigan metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman crouches close to the bushes, smiles toward the camera, and handles the plants in an informal, unstaged home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curly-haired woman in a blue shirt, rows of green berry bushes, low field furrows, leaves, scattered dark berries, open sky, and distant trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a 1958 home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or rural-life insert within sequences about harvesting, family farms, Michigan, or summer outdoor work.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for everyday agricultural activity and family-recorded outdoor life without documenting a named farm, commercial operation, or public event.
Research note: A visible adult face creates likeness considerations, while no logos or private interiors are visible; copyright and any personal rights should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1958 Michigan blueberry field, 8mm woman harvesting berries, 1950s rural home movie, and vintage summer farm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1958 Michigan scenes, and then related clips of berry picking, gardens, rural chores, or family farm activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Michigan home-movie footage, a curly-haired woman smiles while crouched among rows of green berry bushes. — A woman smiles toward the camera while crouching in a sunny berry field.

The woman remains low among the berry bushes, smiling toward the home-movie camera in a sunny Michigan field. — The woman looks toward the camera from between rows of leafy plants.

The woman turns her attention down toward the bushes, appearing to handle leaves or berries in the 1958 Michigan field scene. — Crouched beside the plants, the woman looks down while tending or picking.

At the edge of the frame, the woman reaches into the leafy berry plants as the 8mm camera holds on the sunny field. — The woman is partly cropped as she reaches into the berry bushes.

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