United States-1957: Girl and Boy Husking Fresh Ears of Corn on a Sunny Farm Lawn

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

harvest
childhood
farm chores
family weekend
rural life
food preparation
1950s America

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Grassy farm lawn below a grassy bank with shrubs, beside a white building on a stone foundation
Time and weather: midday · autumn · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 4 · A blond girl in a striped jacket with a white scarf and hair bow, a small boy in a grey sweater with a red neckerchief, a partly visible child in a blue jacket and red trousers at left, and adults in dark clothing at the frame edges.
Objects: ears of corn · corn husks · corn silk · red neckerchief · striped jacket · white building corner · stone foundation · wooden stake
Colors: green · navy blue · white · red · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A blond girl and a small boy stand side by side, each peeling husks from an ear of corn.
The girl pulls long green husks downward while the boy turns his ear in his hands.
An adult's hand holding a husked ear passes at the edge of the frame.
A third child at the left edge leans in as the pair keep husking.

Girl and Boy Husking Fresh Ears of Corn on a Sunny Farm Lawn — Clip Details

In what is likely the northeastern United States, circa 1957, home movie footage shows a blond girl in a striped jacket and a small boy in a grey sweater and red neckerchief husking fresh ears of corn on a sunny lawn. The two children tear away green husks and silk side by side while adults and another child move at the edges of the frame. Behind them are a white building corner on a stone foundation and a grassy bank. It is one handheld medium shot on 8mm colour film.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001741

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$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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits requests for 1950s American rural childhood or family harvest scenes in documentaries, food-history programs and museum displays.
Period detail: The girl's striped jacket with a scarf at the neck, the boy's neckerchief and sweater, and Kodachrome-style colour may show a mid-to-late 1950s family.
Home-movie behavior: Two children absorbed in an unstaged chore, glancing down at their hands while relatives move around them, filmed by a family member standing close by.
What appears in frame: A blond girl in a striped jacket, a boy in a grey sweater and red neckerchief, green corn husks falling away, a child in red trousers at the edge, and a white building on a stone base.
Film character: Saturated small-gauge colour reversal film with visible grain, bright sunlit greens, slight softness and handheld drift typical of 8mm family filming.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or memory beat inside a harvest or farm-visit sequence, or as a cutaway from shots of picking corn.
Historical context: Shows children helping prepare freshly picked corn on a rural property, a common family activity at the end of summer and in early autumn.
Research note: Film copyright and the likeness of the identifiable minors are separate issues, the property is private and unnamed, and no clearance is guaranteed.
Research search match: Matches searches such as children husking corn 1950s, vintage 8mm farm home movie, and circa 1957 rural family harvest footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's family picking corn, boy hugging pet goat and boy cuddling a kitten clips, then with other circa 1957 farm footage, then with harvest themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Girl and boy husking corn on a sunny farm lawn, likely the northeastern United States, circa 1957, 8mm home movie — A girl and a boy peel husks from fresh ears of corn, circa 1957.
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Girl stripping long corn husks beside a boy in a red neckerchief, circa 1957 farm home movie, likely the northeastern US — Long green husks fall away as the girl strips her ear of corn.
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Children husking corn beside a white building on a stone foundation, circa 1957 rural home movie in the United States — The children keep husking beside a white building on a stone foundation.
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Boy in a red neckerchief and girl husking corn as another child looks on, circa 1957 8mm family farm footage, likely Northeast US — Another child looks on from the left as the pair finish husking.
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