South Dakota USA-1953: Hay Bale and Mechanical Lift on Farm

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

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Hay Bale and Mechanical Lift on Farm — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from South Dakota, 1953, showing a large hay bail in a rural field under a pale sky. A man in a white shirt and dark pants operates a wooden mechanical device, likely a hay rake or lift, to move the hay. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, capturing authentic mid-century agricultural labor. The scene includes a wooden frame structure and open farmland, evoking a nostalgic, documentary-style view of farm life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122622929

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s rural South Dakota farm footage for documentary inserts about hay handling, agricultural labor, or Midwestern home-movie views.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century farm practice through a loose hay stack or large bale, open field, simple wooden hay-lift frame, and the man's plain work clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie view of a man moving through a field near farm equipment rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large hay stack, open grassland, pale sky, wooden lift or rake frame, a distant man, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Warm color, soft focus, gate edges, grain, and slight handheld framing give the scan a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short rural labor cutaway, agricultural memory beat, or transition between broader farm-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene places hay work in open farmland, showing a small-scale manual or mechanical process without making claims about the farm or family shown.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private interiors are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s South Dakota farm field, 8mm hay lift, rural hay stack, vintage agricultural labor, and home movie farmland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with South Dakota or 1953 rural footage, then with broader haying and farm labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a large hay stack or bale in open farmland under a pale sky. — Large hay stack or bale in a rural field.

1953 South Dakota farm field with a wooden hay-lift or rake frame beside a large hay stack. — Wooden hay-handling frame near a large stack.

A man in a rural South Dakota field near a wooden hay-handling frame, seen in soft 8mm color. — Man moving near wooden farm equipment in the field.

Distant man in a white shirt and dark pants crossing an open South Dakota farm field in 1953 home-movie footage. — Distant man crossing open farmland.

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