Michigan-1957: Farmer and Wife Planting Seeds in Farmland

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Michigan

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Farmer and Wife Planting Seeds in Farmland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a farmer and his wife working together in a vast Michigan farmland. The man kneels in the soil, carefully planting seeds in neat rows, while his wife walks further down the field, tending to the crops. The scene unfolds under a bright blue sky, with a tall utility pole and a line of trees marking the edge of the field. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic slice of rural American life offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century farming practices and family labor.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127667988

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 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: 1957 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: 1950s Michigan farm footage for documentary or museum sequences needing rural family labor, seed planting, or mid-century agricultural field work.
Period detail: The 8mm footage may show 1950s rural clothing, hand planting in long rows, open farmland, a utility pole, and a tree line at the field edge.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged feel of two people working at different distances from the camera, with one kneeling in soil and another walking the rows.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include planted rows, bare soil, a kneeling farmer, a woman farther downfield, a utility pole, trees, blue sky, and a small structure near the edge.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and contact-print edges that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rural labor insert, seasonal planting cutaway, family-farm memory beat, or transition into a broader agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents small-scale field work and family participation on Michigan farmland without identifying the farm, crop, or people by name.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 Michigan farm planting, 1950s 8mm farmland, rural couple working field, and vintage home movie agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Michigan rural footage, then broader home-movie scenes of planting or farm labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Michigan 8mm frame showing a farmer kneeling in soil rows, with open farmland, trees, and a utility pole in the background. — A farmer kneels close to the ground while working along planted rows in an open field.

1957 Michigan farm scene with a farmer kneeling in the foreground and a woman farther down the rowed field near trees and a utility pole. — Two people work at separate distances in a rowed Michigan farm field.

1957 Michigan 8mm frame showing a woman walking across planted rows, with a partial kneeling figure, trees, and a utility pole visible. — A woman moves through the field while another worker remains partly visible at the frame edge.

1957 Michigan field view with a woman in the rows, trees behind her, a utility pole overhead, and a small structure near the field edge. — A woman works or walks among rows of crops near the edge of the field.

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