Ireland-1961: Man Touching a Roadside Stack of Turf and Stepping Away

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationIreland
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 · Ireland
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1961 · Ireland & Greater London · Reel e54b5ac4 contains 7 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

rural life
peat fuel
roadside observation
countryside travel
material texture
human scale

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, angled slightly downward toward the stack
Setting: outdoor · Rural roadside beside fenced green fields and low hills
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · cloudy
Lighting: Diffuse daylight beneath a bright overcast sky
People: 1 · One adult man wearing a grey-brown jacket, light trousers and dark shoes, with a shoulder bag, bends toward the stack and then steps left.
Objects: cut turf blocks · long turf stack · narrow paved road · wire fence · irregular fence posts · shoulder bag · scattered roadside blocks
Colors: green · dark brown · grey · cream · pale blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A man bends beside the near end of a roadside turf stack.
He reaches across and touches the dark blocks.
He straightens and begins stepping away.
The turf stack remains prominent as the man nearly leaves the frame.

Man Touching a Roadside Stack of Turf and Stepping Away — Clip Details

Ireland, circa 1961 home movie footage shows a man bending beside a long stack of cut turf on the verge of a narrow rural road. He reaches toward the dark blocks, touches the pile and then straightens before stepping out toward the left. A wire fence separates the roadside stack from green fields, with low hills beneath a cloudy sky. One continuous, slightly unsteady wide shot holds the gesture and the surrounding landscape.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004774

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: Ireland 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 Ireland scene from circa 1961 supports documentary requests for rural fuel storage, roadside details and informal countryside travel.
Period detail: The man's jacket, loose light trousers, dark shoes and shoulder bag are consistent with the broader mid-century setting.
Home-movie behavior: The brief touch and departure give the scene an informal visitor's curiosity, although the frames do not establish whether the gesture was prompted.
What appears in frame: A bending man stands beside dark turf blocks, a narrow road, wire fencing, green fields, scattered vegetation and distant low hills.
Film character: Soft grain, muted colour, uneven projected brightness and slight handheld drift give the scene its small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: The complete touch-and-depart gesture works as a short cutaway or insert between wider landscape views and footage of peat cutting.
Historical context: The stack shows cut turf kept beside a rural road, but the clip does not establish who cut it, who owned it or where it would be used.
Research note: Copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions; an adult and fenced rural land are visible, with facial identification limited by softness and angle.
Research search match: The clip matches searches for Irish roadside turf stacks, a man examining peat and rural small-gauge home movies from circa 1961.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's microbus, sheep herding and roadside shrine, then other Ireland footage from circa 1961 and related peat-fuel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Ireland, circa 1961: a man in a jacket and light trousers bends beside stacked turf, with a narrow road and low hills behind him. — The man leans over the near end of the roadside stack.
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Ireland, circa 1961: a man reaches across a roadside turf pile, bordered by irregular fence posts and open green countryside. — His outstretched hand rests against the stacked blocks.
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Ireland, circa 1961: the man's hand touches the near edge of a long peat stack as the road recedes toward distant hills. — The low stack extends along the fence beside the road.
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Ireland, circa 1961: a man steps away at the left edge while stacked turf, a winding rural road and fenced fields fill the view. — The man moves away from the stack toward the edge of the frame.
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