South Dakota USA-1953: Farmer Driving Tractor In Sunlit Field

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

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Farmer Driving Tractor In Sunlit Field — Clip Details

A farmer in a light-colored shirt and wide-brimmed hat operates a vintage tractor in a sun-drenched field in South Dakota, 1953. The 8mm home movie footage captures the man steering the classic yellow and black tractor across the open farmland, with warm golden light illuminating the scene. The grainy, slightly faded color and soft focus are characteristic of mid-century amateur film, offering authentic archival footage of rural American life and agricultural work from the 1950s.

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: 122622974

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 documentary or museum requests for 1950s rural South Dakota agriculture, especially short inserts of tractor work and farm labor in color home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed hat, open tractor, simple work shirt, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century farm equipment and field work consistent with the 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The farmer appears at work rather than posing, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie view of ordinary tractor driving across open farmland.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a farmer, wide-brimmed hat, light work shirt, vintage tractor, steering wheel, large rear tire, exhaust stack, and flat sunlit field.
Film character: The footage has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, dark frame edges, and slight exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor cutaway, a memory beat for family farm history, or a brief transition into 1950s agricultural life.
Historical context: The scene places one adult farmer on mechanized equipment in an open field, offering visual context for mid-century rural work without identifying the farm or crop.
Research note: One adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from model or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1953 South Dakota farmer driving tractor, 1950s 8mm farm work, vintage tractor field footage, and rural American agriculture home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 South Dakota farm footage, then broader 1950s rural agriculture and tractor-work material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 South Dakota home-movie footage, a farmer in a light shirt and wide-brimmed hat drives a vintage tractor through a sunlit field. — Farmer steering a vintage tractor in an open South Dakota field.

The farmer sits at the tractor controls in a flat South Dakota field, with the steering wheel, rear tire, and exhaust stack visible. — Farmer at the controls of a tractor moving through a field.

A closer 8mm frame shows the farmer in a light shirt and hat steering the tractor, with the dark hood and open field behind him. — Closer view of the farmer steering the tractor in warm light.

The final frame shows the farmer closer to camera on the tractor, with soft 8mm focus, dark frame edges, and the open field in the background. — Farmer passes closer to camera while driving the tractor.

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