Madison Wisconsin USA-1960: Man Driving A Tractor Using A Blade Implement To Clear Snow

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Madison Wisconsin

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Man Driving A Tractor Using A Blade Implement To Clear Snow — Clip Details

A man in a red jacket and hat drives a green tractor through deep snow in a rural winter landscape. The 8mm home movie footage, shot in Madison, Wisconsin in 1960, shows the tractor pulling a blade implement to clear a path. Snow-covered trees and a brick building are visible in the background. The film exhibits characteristic grain, scratches, and color fading, capturing a nostalgic moment of rural life and winter maintenance.

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: 123742496

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: 1960 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: Madison, 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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing rural winter maintenance, tractor snow clearing, or home-movie views of everyday work near Madison, Wisconsin.
Period detail: The 8mm color, vintage tractor, winter clothing, and metadata-supported 1960 Madison setting point to mid-century home-movie documentation of snow removal.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of a man operating a tractor in deep snow, filmed from a domestic vantage point rather than a formal production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a red jacket, green tractor, rear blade or implement, deep snow, bare winter trees, a brick building, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, scratches, slight fading, and uneven exposure that give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, seasonal transition, rural labor cutaway, or memory beat for winter maintenance and everyday farm or property work.
Historical context: The footage shows practical snow clearing with a tractor in a snowy Wisconsin landscape, offering visual context for winter routines without proving a broader event.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, property, and any recognizable individual issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1960s Madison Wisconsin 8mm snow plowing, man driving tractor in snow, rural winter maintenance, and home movie tractor blade footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel winter scenes, then other Madison or 1960 Wisconsin footage, then broader rural snow removal or tractor work clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Madison 8mm frame showing a snow-covered building edge before the tractor action enters view. — Snow-covered building edge seen through a soft 8mm frame.

Man operating a green tractor in a snowy Madison, Wisconsin setting, with a rear blade or implement partly visible. — Tractor operator passes through deep snow near a building.

1960 home-movie frame of a man driving a green tractor through deep snow near Madison, with winter trees behind him. — Side view of the tractor and operator during snow clearing.

Madison, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing the tractor and operator continuing through a snow-covered rural landscape. — The tractor continues across the snowy property with winter trees behind.

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