Lucerne Switzerland-1962: Workers and Tractor Harvesting Hay

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLucerne, Switzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Lucerne Switzerland

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Workers and Tractor Harvesting Hay — Clip Details

Aerial view of a rural field in Lucerne, Switzerland, captured on 8mm film in 1962. A small tractor pulls a large hay wagon across the green landscape, while several workers in period clothing gather and stack hay in neat rows. The footage shows the rhythm of agricultural labor during a full day of work, with the natural light of the day highlighting the rolling hills and the texture of the harvested field. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, authentic feel of this vintage home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124766330

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 1713 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: florence,venice,italy,lucerne,switzerland
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 Swiss rural aerial footage for documentary or educational edits needing small-scale haymaking, field labor, and period agricultural landscape context.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1960s rural work patterns, with cut hay rows, a small tractor or farm vehicle, and workers spread across a sloping field.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated home-movie viewpoint observes workers moving through the field without posing, preserving an unstaged record of harvest labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green hillside fields, parallel hay rows, a small tractor or wagon, scattered workers, stacked brush or hay, a dark field boundary, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, rural establishing shot, agricultural cutaway, or quiet transition between broader Swiss travel or labor sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually situates manual and mechanized farm work together, showing workers dispersed across a hillside during a hay harvest.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are readable, and copyright clearance is separate from location or personal rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Switzerland 8mm farm footage, Lucerne rural harvest, aerial haymaking workers, and vintage home movie agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Lucerne 1962 rural footage, then broader Swiss countryside, harvest labor, or 1960s farming clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Lucerne-area rural field seen from above, with cut hay rows, a small tractor or wagon, and workers spread across the grass. — Workers and a small farm vehicle appear in a sloping hay field viewed from above.

Aerial home-movie view in Lucerne, Switzerland, showing a small tractor beside cut hay and workers moving across the field. — A small farm vehicle sits near hay while workers continue across the hillside.

1960s Lucerne rural harvest scene with a small tractor near hay and several workers dispersed across the sloped field. — The elevated camera records workers, hay rows, and a small vehicle during field work.

End frame from the Lucerne 1962 home movie, with workers and a small tractor visible across a harvested hillside field. — Workers remain visible across the hillside as the tractor stands near gathered hay.

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