Iowa USA-1959: Steam Powered Tractor Driven On Flat Ground Showing Moving Parts

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

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Steam Powered Tractor Driven On Flat Ground Showing... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a steam-powered tractor on display in Iowa. The black and red machine, with its large spoked wheels and prominent boiler, sits on flat ground under a bright sky. The footage shows the tractor from multiple angles, highlighting its mechanical components and industrial design. Shot on 8mm film, the clip exhibits natural grain, slight color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into mid-century agricultural technology and Americana.

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: 124868280

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: Useful for 1950s Iowa or Americana productions needing a brief home-movie view of a steam-powered tractor or traction engine in motion/display.
Period detail: The large spoked wheels, exposed boiler form, and bright painted machinery may show preserved steam agricultural equipment filmed at a mid-century public display.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from nearby ground level as a visitor might, concentrating on the moving machinery rather than staging a formal demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black and red steam tractor, large red spoked wheels, a cylindrical boiler, flat dirt ground, trees, and a few indistinct bystanders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color shifts, soft focus, gate framing, high contrast, and visible grain that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a mechanical cutaway, rural technology insert, Americana transition, or short memory beat about historic farm machinery.
Historical context: The clip visually connects mid-century leisure filming with interest in older agricultural power equipment, without proving the machine's manufacture date or event.
Research note: People appear only indistinctly, but likeness review may still apply; no visible logos are clear, and copyright clearance is separate from publicity or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm Iowa steam tractor footage, vintage farm machinery home movie, traction engine display, and moving mechanical parts.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iowa 1959 footage, then broader clips of vintage tractors, farm machinery, or public equipment displays.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a black and red steam-powered tractor with a boiler and large spoked wheels on flat ground. — A steam tractor is seen from the side, emphasizing its boiler and oversized wheels.

The tractor remains in profile with its wheel spokes and boiler housing visible.

Wider 1959 Iowa 8mm view of the steam tractor on open ground, with large red wheels and indistinct bystanders partly visible. — A wider angle shows more of the tractor and the surrounding display area.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame showing the steam tractor from a wider angle, with red spoked wheel, dark body, trees, and indistinct people nearby. — The final frame shows the tractor in the display area with nearby figures only faintly visible.

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