Michigan-1958: Farmer Inspects Cornfield and Peels Back Leaves

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

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Farmer Inspects Cornfield and Peels Back Leaves — Clip Details

A farmer in a white long-sleeve shirt and green cap tends to his cornfield in Michigan, 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him inspecting and peeling back leaves from corn stalks, likely checking for ripeness or pests. The lush green field stretches behind him under a bright sky, with trees lining the horizon. The natural, handheld camera movement and film grain give the clip an authentic, nostalgic home movie feel. This vintage 8mm home movie footage offers a glimpse into mid-century American agriculture 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127612364

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 American agriculture sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of a farmer inspecting corn in a rural Michigan field.
Period detail: The white long-sleeve shirt, green cap, small-scale field setting, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century farm work as recorded in 1958 home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears focused on the plants rather than the camera, giving the clip an unstaged view of crop inspection and quiet field labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a farmer in a cap, white shirt, corn stalks, peeled leaves, grassy field edges, trees on the horizon, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight exposure variation, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing that read as original physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life insert, agricultural cutaway, transition into harvest themes, or memory beat within a family-farm sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places one adult worker among corn rows, offering a small observational view of rural Michigan agriculture without broader claims.
Research note: An identifiable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any location or property assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Michigan farm home movie, 8mm farmer inspecting cornfield, mid-century agriculture footage, and rural crop inspection.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1958 farm material, then broader 1950s agriculture and rural labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Michigan 1958 home-movie footage, a farmer in a white shirt and green cap stands near corn rows with trees behind him. — A farmer pauses near the cornfield, facing the camera from the edge of the rows.

The farmer looks down at corn plants, appearing to inspect or handle leaves in the Michigan field. — The farmer lowers his gaze toward the corn plants while working at the field edge.

A farmer in a green cap holds corn leaves or a stalk while inspecting the crop in 1958 Michigan footage. — The farmer handles the plant material closely, suggesting a crop inspection moment.

A profile view shows the farmer working with corn leaves among the rows.

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