Michigan-1957: A Man And Woman Harvest Blueberries In A Sunlit Field

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

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A Man And Woman Harvest Blueberries In A Sunlit Field — Clip Details

A man in a straw hat and vest tends to blueberry bushes in a sun-drenched field, carefully inspecting the plants in this 1957 8mm home movie from Michigan. The footage captures the rural harvest season, with rows of medium-height shrubs bearing ripe blue fruit. A woman in a plaid dress joins him, picking berries under the bright sky. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century American farm 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: 127668141

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Michigan or mid-century American agriculture sequences needing authentic home-movie views of berry picking and field work.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, straw hat, vest, plaid dress, and hand-tended shrub rows may show a mid-1950s family harvest setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged handling of blueberry bushes, with adults inspecting and picking fruit rather than posing for a formal record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blueberry shrubs, sandy field rows, ripe blue berries, a man in a straw hat and vest, a woman in plaid, open sky, and distant trees.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, rural cutaway, harvest transition, or memory beat within a family, farming, food, or regional history sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for small-scale berry harvesting and everyday outdoor labor in a documented Michigan home-movie setting.
Research note: Adults are visibly identifiable enough for likeness review, while no logos, audible music, or clear private property markers are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1957 Michigan blueberry harvest, 1950s 8mm farm footage, home movie berry picking, and mid-century rural family labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1957 material, then broader 1950s farming, fruit harvest, or family garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1957 Michigan home-movie frame, a man in a straw hat and vest tends blueberry shrubs in an open sandy field. — A man crouches among blueberry bushes in a rural field.

A soft handheld 1957 Michigan frame shows a man reaching into low blueberry shrubs while standing in a sandy field. — The man reaches toward the berry bushes in a blurred handheld shot.

A close 8mm frame shows blueberry branches with clusters of ripe blue fruit and green leaves. — Blueberries hang among dense green leaves in close view.

In the documented 1957 Michigan field, a woman in a plaid dress stands among blueberry bushes with open rows behind her. — A woman stands in the blueberry field holding or picking from the shrubs.

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