Nebraska USA-1958: Man Operating Excavator on Farm

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Man Operating Excavator on Farm — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Nebraska, USA, in 1958, showing a man in a red jacket and cap operating a yellow tracked excavator on a grassy rural property. The operator maneuvers the machine to dig a pit in the earth, with a pile of dirt visible beside the excavator. The background features a farmhouse, trees, and a white silo under a clear sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly soft focus, capturing a moment of mid-century agricultural or construction work. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 122646274

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: 1958 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: Nebraska, 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Nebraska farm footage for requests needing rural construction, small-scale excavation, or mid-century agricultural work inserts.
Period detail: The yellow tracked excavator, farmhouse, silo, fencing, and open yard may show practical rural property work in late-1950s Nebraska.
Home-movie behavior: A home-movie camera observes a man operating machinery from a fixed outdoor vantage point, giving the work scene an unstaged family-film quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow tracked excavator, seated operator in a red jacket, dirt pile, grassy ground, farmhouse, trees, fence line, and white silo.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical-film texture of the source.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, labor insert, rural transition, or memory beat for mid-century farm and property-development sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday machine-assisted digging on a rural property without enough visual evidence to identify the specific project or owner.
Research note: A person is visible and property structures appear in the background, so copyright, likeness, and property questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Nebraska 8mm excavator, vintage farm digging, rural construction home movie, and yellow tracked machinery footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Nebraska 1958 rural scenes, then broader farm machinery, excavation, and mid-century property work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Nebraska home-movie frame showing a man operating a yellow tracked excavator near a dirt pile, with farm buildings and trees behind him. — Man operates a small yellow excavator while digging on a grassy rural property.

1958 Nebraska frame of a seated operator using a yellow excavator on open grass, with a farmhouse, trees, fence, and silo in the background. — The excavator arm is raised as the operator works near a fresh mound of soil.

1958 Nebraska home-movie frame showing the excavator bucket near the ground as the operator digs on a rural property. — The bucket moves into the soil during a short digging pass.

1958 Nebraska frame of a yellow tracked excavator beside a dug area, with the operator seated and rural buildings behind the work site. — The operator continues excavating beside the growing pit and dirt pile.

Visually Similar Clips