Michigan-1958: Woman Picking Blueberries In A Sunlit Field

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

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Woman Picking Blueberries In A Sunlit Field — Clip Details

A woman with curly hair in a blue shirt crouches in a sunlit blueberry field in Michigan, carefully picking ripe berries from leafy green bushes. Shot on 8mm film in 1958, the footage captures her focused expression and gentle handling of the plants, with a bright blue sky and distant trees in the background. The natural, handheld camera movement and warm color palette evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel, showcasing a peaceful moment of rural life and connection to nature.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127612282

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: Useful for 1950s Michigan home-movie requests needing rural berry picking, summer field work, or domestic leisure footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, clothing, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1958 date place the scene in a mid-century home-movie record of outdoor life.
Home-movie behavior: The woman crouches among blueberry bushes, picking berries and briefly smiling toward the camera in an informal, unstaged family-film moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curly-haired woman in a blue shirt, leafy berry bushes, pale sandy ground, blue sky, distant trees, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, seasonal insert, rural memory beat, or transition within sequences about food, family, farming, or Michigan summers.
Historical context: The footage shows a personal view of berry picking in a sunny field, offering social context around mid-century outdoor leisure or small-scale harvesting.
Research note: A clearly visible adult face may require likeness review, while copyright and any location or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Michigan 8mm home movie, woman picking blueberries, vintage berry field footage, and mid-century rural summer scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Michigan footage, then with home movies of gardening, harvesting, or summer nature.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Michigan home-movie footage, a woman crouches in a blueberry field while picking from leafy bushes. — A woman crouches low among blueberry bushes in bright sun.

The woman reaches into a blueberry bush in the sunlit Michigan field, with low rows and trees behind her. — The picker leans into the bush, focused on the berries.

The woman smiles toward the camera while crouched beside blueberry bushes in the 1958 Michigan field scene. — The woman smiles from the blueberry row during the home-movie shot.

A close home-movie view shows the woman smiling beside blueberry foliage in the Michigan field. — A close view catches the woman smiling among the berry bushes.

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