Iowa USA-1959: Antique Steam Tractor with Red Spoked Wheels

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

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Antique Steam Tractor with Red Spoked Wheels — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large antique steam tractor on display at an outdoor event. The black engine features prominent red-painted spoked wheels and a cylindrical boiler, set against a backdrop of trees and a clear sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the tractor stationary on a dirt surface, with a person briefly visible near the rear. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: warm color saturation, slight grain, and natural vignetting, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124868218

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 suited for documentary or museum edits needing antique agricultural machinery on outdoor display.
Period detail: The steam tractor, red spoked wheels, dirt display ground, and tree-lined setting may show a mid-century historical equipment gathering or fair display.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor pausing to record a stationary exhibit, with slight handheld variation and a brief person visible near the tractor.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a black boiler, red spoked rear wheels, smaller front wheels, red cylindrical component, dirt ground, trees, and a partial visitor figure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, gate edges, vignetting, and mild grain that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, insert, or memory beat for rural technology, agricultural heritage, or Americana sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually places an older steam-powered tractor in a public outdoor display context without identifying a specific event or owner.
Research note: People are briefly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-subject clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Iowa 8mm tractor footage, antique steam tractor display, red spoked wheels, and mid-century farm machinery home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Iowa 1959 material, then broader antique machinery, farm heritage, or outdoor display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a black antique steam tractor with red spoked wheels on an outdoor dirt display area. — Antique steam tractor on display with red wheels and tree shade behind it.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame with the tractor seen broadside, showing the boiler, red wheel, and outdoor display setting. — Side view emphasizes the tractor boiler and large red spoked wheel.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a closer cropped view of the stationary steam tractor and its red wheel assembly. — Cropped home-movie view of the stationary antique tractor display.

1959 Iowa frame showing the antique steam tractor from a wider angle, with trees, dirt ground, and a person briefly visible nearby. — Wider view of the tractor display with a visitor figure near the machinery.

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