Iowa USA-1959: Steam Powered Traction Engine With Red Wheels

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

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Steam Powered Traction Engine With Red Wheels — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a steam-powered traction engine at an outdoor event. The large black machine, with its prominent red-spoked wheels and billowing smoke, stands on a dirt field. People are visible in the background, observing the historic technology. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and industrial nostalgia.

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: 124868275

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 productions needing a short archival view of a steam traction engine at an outdoor public display.
Period detail: The red-spoked wheels, black boiler body, smoke stack and dirt-field setting may show a preserved early steam traction engine filmed during a 1959 Iowa event.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the machinery from a visitor's viewpoint, valuing the engine's motion, smoke and scale more than a staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the black traction engine, red spoked wheels, pale rear tire, smoke from the stack, dirt ground, trees and distant onlookers.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges and slight exposure variation consistent with mid-century home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway or transition for rural technology, antique machinery, fairground displays or memory-driven Americana sequences.
Historical context: The clip places historic steam-powered machinery in a public outdoor setting, suggesting postwar interest in displaying older agricultural or industrial technology.
Research note: People are visible in the background, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, private property or audible music are indicated in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Iowa 8mm steam traction engine, red wheel steam tractor, vintage machinery show footage and mid-century home movie engine display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Iowa 1959 material, then footage of vintage steam engines, farm machinery or outdoor historical displays.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a black steam traction engine with red-spoked wheels, smoke rising and onlookers in the background. — Black steam traction engine with red wheels stands on a dirt field as smoke rises near background spectators.

Side profile of the steam-powered traction engine, its red wheels and smoke plume prominent in the frame.

Close 1959 Iowa 8mm view of the traction engine, emphasizing the red wheel spokes, black machinery and sunlit dirt surface. — Closer framing emphasizes the engine's red-spoked wheels and dark boiler against the bright dirt field.

1959 Iowa frame with the steam traction engine filling much of the view, showing red-spoked wheels, boiler details and 8mm color grain. — The traction engine fills the frame, showing wheel detail, dark metal body and strong home-movie color saturation.

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