Minnesota USA-1958: Man Operates A Combine Harvester In A Wheat Field

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

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Man Operates A Combine Harvester In A Wheat Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures a farmer operating a red combine harvester in a golden wheat field in Minnesota. The machine moves steadily through the crop, its mechanical arms cutting and processing the grain under a pale blue sky. The operator, wearing a cap and work clothes, is visible at the controls. The film shows natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of a home movie, offering 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: 124862902

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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural America, Minnesota farming, mechanized harvest, and mid-century agricultural technology cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The red combine harvester, open operator position, wheat field, and 8mm home-movie color may show late-1950s farm equipment and harvest practice.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, watching a farmer work from the edge of the field rather than staging the machinery for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red combine, seated male operator, wheat crop, cut rows, pale sky, dust or chaff, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, exposure variation, dust specks, and visible frame edges that support its physical-film archive character.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, rural transition, harvest cutaway, or memory beat for mechanized farming and family-film era context.
Historical context: The scene documents a farm worker operating a combine during harvest, placing machinery and labor together within a mid-century rural landscape.
Research note: A person and apparent machine branding or markings are visible, so likeness, trademark, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Minnesota wheat harvest, 8mm combine harvester footage, 1950s farm machinery, and vintage rural America home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm scenes, then other Minnesota 1958 rural footage, then broader 1950s agriculture, harvest, and machinery clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a red combine harvester cutting through wheat with a seated male operator visible. — A red combine works through the wheat field while the operator sits at the controls.

The combine passes across the field with the operator visible above the cutting bar.

1958 Minnesota 8mm footage frame showing a farmer on a red combine as it harvests wheat beside neat cut rows. — The farmer continues harvesting, with standing wheat in front and cut rows behind the machine.

1958 Minnesota home-movie frame of a red combine and operator harvesting wheat, with visible 8mm borders and film wear. — The harvester moves through the crop in a soft, grainy 8mm frame.

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