Minnesota USA-1958: A Red Combine Drives Through A Field Harvesting A Crop On An

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

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A Red Combine Drives Through A Field Harvesting A Crop On An — Clip Details

A red combine harvester moves steadily through a golden cornfield in Minnesota, 1958, captured on 8mm film. The vintage footage shows the machine cutting rows of mature crops under an overcast sky, with a lone tree visible in the distance. Shot from a fixed perspective, the clip displays natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of home movie footage. This authentic archival scene evokes 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124862897

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: 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. agricultural production needs showing mechanized crop harvesting in rural Minnesota home-movie footage.
Period detail: The red combine, open field rows, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s farm setting, with Minnesota and 1958 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed, distant viewpoint gives the scene an unstaged observer quality as farm machinery works across the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red combine, tall crop rows, harvested field tracks, a pale sky, distant brush or tree shapes, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, dust marks, and dark scan borders that identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rural agriculture insert, a mechanization cutaway, or a quiet transition within mid-century farm-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually places crop harvesting within a mid-century American rural landscape without identifying the farm, operator, crop variety, or ownership.
Research note: People are flagged visible, likely at small scale on or near machinery, so likeness review may still be needed separate from copyright or location permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Minnesota 8mm farming footage, red combine harvesting field, vintage rural agriculture, and mid-century U.S. crop harvest.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Minnesota 1958 farm scenes, then broader 1950s U.S. agriculture or machinery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame showing a red combine harvesting in a broad crop field under an overcast sky. — A red combine moves through rows of crops in a rural field.

Red combine in a Minnesota crop field, seen from a fixed 8mm home-movie viewpoint with dark frame borders. — The combine continues along the field, with crop rows stretching toward the horizon.

Soft 8mm frame of a red combine harvesting a Minnesota field, with a small possible operator figure not clearly identifiable. — The red harvester works through the crop as the camera remains fixed.

Late-1950s Minnesota farm footage frame showing a red combine in tall crops with visible 8mm grain and scan borders. — The combine remains in view against the open field and pale sky.

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