Madison Wisconsin USA-1960: Man Riding Tractor With Plough Attached Drives Through Snow

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

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Man Riding Tractor With Plough Attached Drives Through Snow — Clip Details

A man in a dark coat rides a vintage tractor through a snow-covered field in Madison, Wisconsin, 1960. The 8mm home movie captures the tractor plowing a thick layer of snow, with bare trees and a distant treeline visible in the background. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and a muted color palette typical of 1960s Super 8 film. The man drives steadily across the snowy landscape, with the tractor's wheels churning through the snow. This authentic winter scene evokes a sense of rural life and nostalgia from the era.

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: 123742530

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 Wisconsin winter, rural work, farm machinery, snow removal, or home-movie inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The vintage tractor, muted color, 8mm frame edges, and winter clothing support a circa-1960 rural Midwestern home-movie reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film feel, watching a man steadily operate a tractor through deep snow rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a tractor, attached plough or blade, heavy snow, bare trees, small evergreens, distant treeline, and soft winter light.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and dark frame borders that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a cutaway, seasonal transition, rural labor insert, or brief memory beat for winter life in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests practical snow clearing or field work around a snowy rural property near Madison, without identifying the person or exact site.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any property context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960 8mm Wisconsin tractor in snow, Madison winter home movie, vintage farm tractor ploughing snow, and rural winter footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Madison or Wisconsin 1960 material, then broader rural winter, tractor, and snow-clearing themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1960, a man in dark clothing rides a vintage tractor through deep snow near bare winter trees. — A man drives a tractor through snow in a wintry field.

A man rides a vintage tractor across a snowy Madison, Wisconsin field, with bare trees and small evergreens in the background. — The tractor continues across deep snow with winter trees behind it.

A soft 8mm view of snow-covered ground near Madison, Wisconsin, with bare winter trees and small evergreens visible beyond the field. — The camera holds on the snowy field and distant treeline.

The final frame shows an empty snow-covered field near Madison, Wisconsin, with bare trees and a small evergreen in soft winter light. — An empty stretch of snow leads toward bare winter trees.

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