Jamestown Wisconsin USA-1961: Man Clears Snow with John Deere Tractor

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationJamestown, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Clears Snow with John Deere Tractor — Clip Details

A man operates a green John Deere tractor with a snow blade attachment, clearing a snow-covered driveway in a rural winter landscape. Shot on 8mm film in 1961, the footage captures the man maneuvering the tractor through deep snow, with snow-laden trees and a distant hillside visible in the background. The scene has a nostalgic, documentary feel with natural film grain and muted colors typical of vintage home movies. The man wears a dark coat and hat, focused on his task in the quiet, snow-covered setting.

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: 123733899

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: 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: Jamestown, Wisconsin, 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: 1960s rural Wisconsin winter home-movie footage suited to documentary sequences about farm chores, snow removal, rural roads, or household work in cold weather.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, tractor styling, winter clothing, and metadata-supported 1961 date place the scene in an early-1960s rural domestic setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged record of a man concentrating on a practical winter task while the camera observes from a fixed home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a green tractor, front snow blade, deep snow, snow-laden trees, a driveway or yard path, distant hillside, and muted winter light.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, dark frame edges, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, rural winter cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat showing snow removal before mechanized farm or household routines.
Historical context: The scene reflects rural household labor and small-tractor use in a snowy landscape without supporting claims about a specific farm, road, or named property.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; verify copyright, likeness, brand, and property considerations separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 8mm Wisconsin snow removal, rural tractor clearing driveway, vintage home movie winter farm chore, and man plowing snow with tractor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Jamestown or 1961 Wisconsin winter footage, then broader rural snow-removal and farm-tractor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Jamestown, Wisconsin footage, a man drives a green tractor with a snow blade through a snowy yard lined with trees. — A man operates a tractor with a snow blade across a snow-covered rural yard.

The tractor faces the camera as the driver moves through deep snow in the rural Wisconsin winter scene. — The tractor turns toward the camera while pushing through snow beneath bare trees.

A man in dark winter clothing drives the tractor and blade past a snowy tree in the 1961 rural Jamestown scene. — The driver passes closer to the camera with the snow blade visible at the front.

A side view shows the man operating the green tractor and blade through the snowy Wisconsin yard. — The tractor moves across the frame as the driver continues clearing snow in the yard.

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