Iowa USA-1959: Vintage Steam Tractor At Rural Fair

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

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Vintage Steam Tractor At Rural Fair — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a steam-powered tractor at a rural fair or exhibition. The black tractor with bright red wheels and a red canopy stands on dirt ground, surrounded by trees under a blue sky. People in period clothing, including hats, gather around the machine, observing and interacting with it. The footage shows the tractor from multiple angles, highlighting its large spoked wheels and classic design. Shot on 8mm film, the clip displays characteristic color shifts and grain, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana atmosphere.

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: 124867687

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: Supports documentary or educational requests for late-1950s rural Iowa fair footage, especially steam tractor demonstrations and mid-century agricultural heritage scenes.
Period detail: The spoked steel wheels, red canopy, visitors in hats, parked period cars, and 8mm color home-movie look may show a rural exhibition setting in 1959 Iowa.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing people gathered around a steam tractor without staged performance or formal presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black steam tractor, red wheels, a red canopy, dirt fairground, trees, blue sky, onlookers, and parked cars.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows saturated color shifts, soft focus, grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that place the scene in a physical home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, rural fair cutaway, machine-detail beat, or transition into a segment on farming memory and vintage technology.
Historical context: The footage visually links public leisure, agricultural machinery, and local fair culture without proving the specific event or organization shown.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from any personal or property rights review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Iowa 8mm steam tractor, rural fair home movie, vintage farm machinery, and mid-century agricultural exhibition footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Iowa material, then broader rural fair, farm machinery, and Americana home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing a black steam tractor with red wheels at a rural fair setting, with people and cars nearby. — Steam tractor displayed on dirt ground with visitors and cars in the background.

Side view of a vintage steam tractor at an Iowa rural fair, with red wheels, shaded trees, and people standing around it. — Side view of the steam tractor among visitors under trees.

Closer 8mm view of the steam tractor's large red wheel and black body, with fair visitors and cars in the background. — Close side view emphasizes the tractor's large wheel and fairground setting.

Steam tractor with red wheels and canopy seen farther along a dirt road in rural Iowa, bordered by grass and trees. — The tractor appears farther down the dirt road beside grass and trees.

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