United States-1957: Woman Tasting Blueberries Beside a Girl Picking Fruit

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

fruit harvesting
rural life
summer activity
food growing
childhood
informal camera interaction

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, looking across the bushes toward the two figures
Setting: outdoor · Cultivated blueberry field with sandy paths and a distant tree line
Time and weather: daytime · summer · Sunny with clear sky
Lighting: Direct natural sunlight with strong shadows
People: 2 · An adult woman with short curled hair wears dark blue collared clothing; a girl with short light-colored hair wears a red knit sweater over a light collar.
Objects: blueberry bushes · foreground leafy stems · sandy paths · crop rows · trees · red knit sweater
Colors: green · blue · red · pale gray-brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A woman and a girl stand together among blueberry bushes.
The woman brings her hand to her mouth, apparently tasting a berry.
Both bend toward the foliage and reach into the plants.
The girl glances toward the camera while the woman continues picking.

Woman Tasting Blueberries Beside a Girl Picking Fruit — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1957 home movie footage shows a woman and a girl among rows of blueberry bushes. The woman smiles toward the camera and brings her hand to her mouth, apparently tasting a berry, while the girl looks down into the foliage. Both then bend toward the plants and continue picking. A single handheld medium shot includes sandy paths, a distant tree line and clear blue sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 800004490

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.

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: This clip supports documentary or museum requests for circa 1957 American rural activity, showing a woman tasting fruit beside a girl harvesting blueberries.
Period detail: The woman's short curled hairstyle and collared clothing, together with the girl's red knit sweater, are consistent with circa 1957 everyday dress.
Home-movie behavior: Smiles toward the lens, a casual hand-to-mouth gesture and a return to picking preserve the participants' informal interaction with the camera.
What appears in frame: Two figures stand amid leafy bushes, with a red sweater, dark blue clothing, sandy paths, planted rows, distant trees and blue sky visible.
Film character: Soft detail, visible grain, scattered dust and deep color shadows accompany the handheld framing and projected-film transfer.
Edit role: The tasting gesture provides a short harvest cutaway or memory beat, followed by a return to the shared picking activity.
Historical context: The scene records hand harvesting in cultivated rows; blueberry cultivation fits several American growing regions and does not identify Michigan.
Research note: An adult and an apparent minor have visible faces on cultivated land; copyright licensing does not itself establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1957 blueberry picking, a woman tasting fruit, a girl harvesting berries and silent color small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's children in the blueberry field and berry-bush details, then other United States footage circa 1957, followed by broader fruit-harvest scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1957: a woman smiles with a hand near her face beside a girl looking down into blueberry bushes. — The woman smiles toward the camera as the girl concentrates on the bushes.
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United States, circa 1957: a woman raises her hand beside her mouth in a blueberry field as a girl bends toward the plants. — The woman pauses with her hand beside her mouth while the girl continues reaching down.
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United States, circa 1957: a woman and a girl bend into blueberry bushes, with planted rows and sandy paths extending behind them. — Both figures bend toward the bushes and reach into the foliage.
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United States, circa 1957: a girl in a red sweater glances toward the lens while a woman remains bent over the blueberry plants. — The girl looks toward the camera while the woman continues picking.
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