South Dakota USA-1953: Man With A Hat On And A Cigarette In His Mouth Climbing

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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Man With A Hat On And A Cigarette In His Mouth Climbing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from South Dakota, USA, in 1953, showing a farmer in a light-colored shirt and wide-brimmed hat operating a yellow tractor in a vast, flat field under a clear blue sky. The man, smoking a cigarette, is seen climbing onto and working the tractor, with the film's characteristic grain, color saturation, and dark vignette framing typical of mid-century amateur footage. The scene captures a moment of rural American life and agricultural labor.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122622782

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 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: South Dakota, 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

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: Supports 1950s rural America archive requests needing brief editorial footage of farm labor, tractor use, and South Dakota agricultural life.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage shows mid-century clothing, a wide-brimmed work hat, a cigarette, and an older yellow tractor in an open field.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged quality of a home-movie observer watching a farmer climb onto and handle a tractor during ordinary field work.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a hat, cigarette, yellow tractor, large rear tire, steering wheel, clear sky, flat field, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and dark rounded borders from the original amateur film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, transition into farming context, or memory beat for mid-century Plains life.
Historical context: The scene visually situates agricultural work in a broad South Dakota field without identifying the farmer, farm, tractor make, or exact property.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, music, children, or private interiors are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1953 South Dakota farm home movie, 1950s tractor footage, farmer smoking cigarette, and vintage 8mm agricultural labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other South Dakota 1953 farm footage, then broader 1950s rural work and tractor clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a farmer in a hat near the steering wheel of a yellow tractor in open farmland. — A farmer leans near the tractor controls in an open field.

A farmer in a wide-brimmed hat and light work clothes appears to stand on or climb onto a yellow tractor in South Dakota, 1953. — The farmer stands at the side of the tractor with a cigarette in his mouth.

South Dakota 1953 frame showing a farmer standing beside the steering wheel and hood of a yellow tractor in a broad rural field. — The farmer stands upright beside the tractor controls.

A 1953 South Dakota home-movie frame shows the farmer looking down at the tractor controls while seated or climbing onto the yellow tractor. — The farmer looks down at the controls as he settles onto the tractor.

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