Iowa USA-1959: A Steam Powered Tractor Moves Slowly Across A Dirt Field Near A

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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A Steam Powered Tractor Moves Slowly Across A Dirt Field... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1959 captures a steam-powered tractor moving slowly across a dirt field in Iowa. The black tractor features large red-spoked wheels and a prominent smokestack emitting dark exhaust. Shot outdoors under dappled sunlight, the scene is framed by leafy trees, with a person visible in the driver's seat. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic historical footage of early agricultural machinery.

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: 124867594

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 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 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: Iowa, United States 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Iowa home-movie footage for documentary or editorial requests about rural machinery, steam tractors, farm shows, or midcentury agricultural memory.
Period detail: The red-spoked wheels, tall smokestack, open tractor body, and 8mm color stock may show preserved steam-era farm machinery filmed in a 1959 rural Iowa setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged spectator viewpoint, holding on the tractor as it moves slowly past trees with at least one person visible near or on the machine.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black steam tractor, red-spoked wheels, pale wheel rims, a smokestack, dark exhaust, dirt ground, leafy trees, and a seated operator.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, high contrast, blue color shift, gate edges, and uneven exposure that mark it as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural-history cutaway, machinery detail, or transition into a segment on older farm technology and public demonstrations.
Historical context: The scene places a steam-powered tractor in an outdoor dirt area framed by trees, suggesting a rural or demonstration setting without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People appear in or near the tractor, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 Iowa 8mm steam tractor, vintage farm machinery home movie, red wheel traction engine, and rural agricultural footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iowa 1959 clips, then related footage of tractors, farm machinery, dirt fields, smoke, and rural demonstrations.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame of a black steam-powered tractor with red-spoked wheels crossing dirt ground beneath leafy trees. — A steam-powered tractor with red wheels moves slowly across a shaded dirt area.

Side view of the Iowa steam tractor with red wheels and a visible operator as it passes through a tree-lined dirt area. — The tractor is shown in profile with its operator visible near the front controls.

A 1959 Iowa home-movie frame shows the steam tractor in partial shade, its red-spoked wheels standing out against the dirt ground. — The tractor continues through dappled shade with its large red wheel prominent.

Final frame of the 1959 Iowa clip shows the steam-powered tractor moving past trees, with the red rear wheel and smokestack visible. — The steam tractor rolls past the trees, its red rear wheel filling the right side of the frame.

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