Minnesota USA-1958: Red Combine Harvester Harvesting Corn In Field

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

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Red Combine Harvester Harvesting Corn In Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a red International Harvester combine harvester working through a cornfield in Minnesota. The machine moves steadily through the crop, its mechanical arms cutting and processing the stalks under a bright blue sky. Dust rises from the moving parts as the harvester advances, with harvested rows visible behind it. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering an authentic look at mid-century American agriculture 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: 124862881

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s agricultural footage requests needing a brief rural Minnesota harvest insert or mid-century mechanized farming cutaway.
Period detail: The red combine, open field rows, 8mm color stock, and home-movie framing may show late-1950s farm machinery and rural crop harvesting practice.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's view of machinery at work, with the camera holding on the combine as it moves through the crop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red combine, corn stalks, cut rows, dust, blue sky, open farmland, black film borders, and soft 8mm contact-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft focus, exposure variation, dust specks, and handheld home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural transition, agricultural process cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century farm life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents mechanized crop harvesting in a rural American field without identifying the farm, operator, or exact community.
Research note: Brand markings appear on the machine and people are flagged in clip metadata, so trademark, likeness, and copyright review should be handled separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Minnesota farm footage, red combine harvesting corn, vintage rural agriculture, and home-movie crop harvest scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm scenes, then other 1958 Minnesota rural footage, then broader mid-century agriculture and harvest machinery clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a red combine harvester moving through corn with open field rows and blue sky behind it. — Red combine harvesting corn at the edge of a rural field.

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame with a red combine seen from behind as it advances through corn, leaving cut rows visible nearby. — Rear view of the combine advancing through the crop.

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a red combine with an extended auger working through corn as dust gathers near the ground. — Combine with auger extended amid corn and field dust.

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame of a red combine harvesting corn, with dust softening the rear of the machine and field rows beyond. — Dust rises behind the combine as it continues through the corn.

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