Madison Wisconsin USA-1960: Man on Tractor Plows Snowy Field

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

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Man on Tractor Plows Snowy Field — Clip Details

A man in a dark coat operates a vintage tractor with a blade implement, plowing through deep snow in a rural winter landscape. Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this home movie captures a quiet, snowy day in Madison, Wisconsin, with bare trees and a snow-covered field. The footage shows the tractor moving slowly across the frame, clearing a path through the heavy snow. The image has a grainy, nostalgic quality typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, with muted colors and soft focus. The scene evokes a sense of quiet determination and rural life in the 1960s.

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: 123742510

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests about rural winter work, snow removal, small tractors, and Midwestern home-movie views of everyday labor.
Period detail: The vintage tractor, blade implement, muted color, and 8mm home-movie texture support the 1960 Madison, Wisconsin setting given in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes an adult man steadily operating a tractor through deep snow, with the quiet distance and brevity typical of family-filmed outdoor activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark coat, a tractor with a front blade, deep snow, bare trees, a low distant structure, and a snowy field edge.
Film character: Soft focus, pale winter exposure, visible grain, and contact-frame borders give the scene a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal transition, rural labor cutaway, or memory beat for winter weather and farm-adjacent work.
Historical context: The scene visually places mechanized snow clearing in a rural or semi-rural winter landscape without proving the ownership, occupation, or exact property context.
Research note: One adult person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1960s 8mm Madison Wisconsin snow plowing, vintage tractor clearing snow, rural winter home movie, or Midwestern snow removal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Madison or Wisconsin 1960 winter footage, then broader vintage tractor, snow removal, and rural work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1960 Madison, Wisconsin, an adult man drives a vintage tractor with a blade through a snowy field. — A tractor begins pushing through deep snow in a bare winter landscape.

The distant driver continues across the Madison winter field on a tractor fitted with a snow blade. — The tractor continues slowly across the snow-covered field.

A side view shows the tractor and blade pushing snow in the 1960 Madison, Wisconsin winter scene. — A small evergreen partly obscures the tractor as it moves through the snow.

The clip ends with the tractor still moving through the snowy Madison field, framed by bare trees. — The tractor advances through the snowy field toward the edge of the frame.

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