Iowa USA-1959: Red And Black Steam Engine Powered Tractor Built

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

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Red And Black Steam Engine Powered Tractor Built — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a classic red and black steam-powered tractor at a rural fair or exhibition. The large machine, with its prominent boiler, spoked wheels, and tall smokestack, stands on a dirt field under leafy trees. A person in period clothing operates the vehicle, with the film's characteristic grain and color shifts from the 1950s Super 8 format. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American agricultural history and industrial nostalgia.

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: 124868199

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 1950s Iowa or rural American archive requests needing home-movie footage of a preserved steam-powered tractor at a fair, exhibition, or agricultural display.
Period detail: The clip shows a red-and-black steam tractor with spoked wheels, boiler, smokestack, and open operator position, with clothing and color 8mm texture consistent with the 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the machine as people move nearby, suggesting an informal record of a public display rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large steam tractor, red spoked wheels, black boiler, tall smokestack, dirt ground, leafy shade trees, and a few nearby visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color shifts, heavy contrast, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for mid-century fairs, agricultural heritage, steam machinery, or rural Americana sequences.
Historical context: The scene places an older steam-powered agricultural machine in a public outdoor setting, reflecting mid-century interest in displaying earlier farm and industrial equipment.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from any likeness or venue considerations.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Iowa 8mm steam tractor footage, vintage agricultural fair home movie, red black traction engine, and rural machinery exhibition.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel fair or machinery shots, then with Iowa 1959 rural footage, then with broader steam tractor, farm equipment, and Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing a red and black steam-powered tractor with spoked wheels and a tall stack under leafy trees. — Steam tractor seen broadside on a shaded dirt fairground or exhibition area.

A red and black steam tractor appears at an Iowa outdoor exhibition, with a nearby visitor or operator partly visible beside the machine. — Large steam tractor remains stationary as a person stands or moves near its side.

Side view of the steam-powered tractor in 1959 Iowa footage, with red wheels, dark boiler, and a person near the rear operating area. — The home-movie camera holds on the tractor as a person is visible around the rear platform.

Closer 1959 Iowa frame of the steam tractor, emphasizing the boiler, red smokestack cap, front wheel assembly, and large spoked rear wheel. — Closer view isolates the tractor body, smokestack, and wheel details under tree shade.

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