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1953: Farmers Harvest Rice and Corn in Traditional Japanese Fields

1953: Farmers Harvest Rice and Corn in Traditional Japanese Fields

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  • Year1953
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationJapan
  • Duration9s
  • Pond5 pricefrom $199 USD
  • Collection1953 Japan

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Farmers Harvest Rice and Corn in Traditional Japanese Fields — Clip Details

1953: Farmers in Japan work diligently in rice paddies and farmland during harvest season, reaping crops by hand under bright daylight. The vintage 8mm footage captures traditional agricultural practices including tilling, irrigation, and harvesting rice and corn. Workers move through flooded fields and dry soil, using simple tools to collect grain and bundle stalks. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century rural life, showcasing manual labor and community effort in postwar Japan. The film’s grainy texture and natural lighting reflect classic 1950s Super 8 aesthetics, ideal for historical documentaries, cultural studies, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
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License
Not licensed directly; available on Pond5
Delivery
Via Pond5
Duration
9s
Pond5 price
from $199 USD
Clip ID
73153862

Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel 1033 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note
1953
Reel-level location note
japan
Date
1953 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
Japan 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
Marketplace licensing (Pond5)

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

  • farmland
  • cultivation
  • corn
  • paddy
  • rice
  • wheat
  • hay
  • collect
  • sow
  • saplings
  • seeds
  • irrigate
  • water
  • fertilizer
  • tilling
  • soil
  • manure
  • husk
  • it's
  • harvest
  • time
  • farmers
  • busy
  • working
  • fields
  • reaping
  • people
  • japan
  • 1953
  • 1953 Japan farming
  • vintage 8mm harvest footage
  • traditional rice harvesting
  • Japanese farmland 1950s
  • manual agricultural labor
  • vintage Super 8 farm scenes
  • 1950s rural Japan
  • archival farming footage
  • hand reaping crops
  • rice paddy work
  • vintage 8mm farm life
  • historical agriculture
  • Japanese farmers 1953
  • old home movie footage
  • 1950s harvest season
  • agricultural documentary
  • nostalgic farming scenes
  • manual tilling and irrigation
  • vintage 8mm rural life
  • classic Japanese countryside

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