Minnesota USA-1958: Farmer Operating Combine Harvester in Cornfield

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Minnesota

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Farmer Operating Combine Harvester in Cornfield — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a farmer operating a red International Harvester combine harvester in a cornfield. The operator, wearing a cap and work clothes, maneuvers the machine through the crop under a bright blue sky. The footage shows the combine's auger extending to unload harvested grain into a white trailer, with the characteristic grainy texture and color palette of 1950s Super 8 film. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American agricultural technology and rural life.

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: 124862825

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: Yes
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: 1958 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: Minnesota, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s American agriculture requests needing brief editorial footage of mechanized harvesting on a Minnesota farm.
Period detail: The red combine, open operator position, white grain trailer, crop rows, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s rural farm setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the operator at work from field level, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie view of harvest labor and machinery.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red combine, seated operator, unloading auger, tall crop, white trailer, blue sky, field horizon, and film frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate weave, dust specks, and slightly uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, transition, or memory beat for rural life, harvest season, farm technology, or family land stories.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century mechanized harvesting in a cornfield, with one worker operating equipment rather than a staged demonstration.
Research note: A person and International Harvester-style branding are visible, so likeness, trademark, copyright, and any location context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Minnesota farm footage, vintage 8mm combine harvester, red International Harvester combine, corn harvest home movie, and 1950s rural life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Minnesota farm scenes, then broader vintage agriculture and harvest machinery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota farm footage showing a red combine harvester working through crops under a blue sky. — A farmer operates a red combine in a crop field during harvest.

Red combine in a Minnesota field, with operator visible and unloading auger extended during harvest. — The combine continues through the field with the auger visible at right.

1958 Minnesota harvest scene with a red combine positioned beside a white grain trailer in the field. — The combine aligns with a white trailer for unloading grain.

Minnesota farm harvest footage showing the combine operator beside controls near a white grain trailer. — The operator works near the combine controls beside the grain trailer.

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