Missouri USA-1961: Old Farm Tractor Pushing Hay in Field

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMissouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Missouri

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Old Farm Tractor Pushing Hay in Field — Clip Details

MISSOURI USA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a farmer operating a red tractor in a sun-drenched field, pushing a large pile of hay or silage. The operator, wearing a light-colored hat and shirt, guides the machine across the green landscape under a clear sky, with a line of trees in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus, natural color fading, and visible grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American agriculture.

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: 124869701

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: This clip supports archival requests for early 1960s rural Missouri farming, especially documentary or educational edits needing brief home-movie views of tractor field work.
Period detail: The red tracked farm tractor, operator in a light shirt and brimmed hat, soft 8mm color, and open hay field support the stated 1961 rural agricultural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing a farmer operating machinery across a field from a fixed or lightly handheld distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red tractor or crawler-type farm machine, a seated operator, a large pushed pile of hay or cut crop, green field growth, tree line, blue sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm physical-film texture with soft focus, mild color fading, visible grain, dust specks, and gate edges that help identify it as home-movie archive material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, agricultural transition, or memory beat within a sequence about mid-century farm life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents mechanized farm work in a small-field setting without providing enough evidence to identify the farm, tractor make, crop type, or individual operator.
Research note: A person is visible on the tractor, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1961 Missouri farm tractor footage, 8mm home movie hay field, vintage rural agriculture, red tractor pushing hay, and mid-century American farm work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Missouri 1961 rural footage, then with broader 1960s farm machinery, haying, and American agriculture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing a red farm tractor or crawler pushing a pile of hay or cut crop in a green field, with a seated operator and tree line behind. — Tractor pushing hay in a field.

1961 Missouri 8mm frame with the red tractor centered in the field as the operator guides the machine while pushing hay or silage toward the camera. — Operator guides tractor through the field.

1961 Missouri home-movie frame showing the tractor slightly lower in the frame, with crop material ahead of the machine and a dark green tree line in the background. — Tractor working across the field.

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing the red tractor and operator in a rural field, with pushed hay or cut crop in front and trees forming the background. — Red tractor pushes crop material.

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