Missouri USA-1961: Man Operating Tractor Reversing Through Field With Blade

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

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Man Operating Tractor Reversing Through Field With Blade — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and hat operates a red tractor with a front-mounted blade, reversing through a grassy field in Missouri during summer 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows the tractor pushing cut grass or debris across the field, with dense green trees lining the background under a clear sky. The grainy, slightly faded color and film scratches are characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the early 1960s. The camera remains stationary, capturing the agricultural work in a candid, nostalgic style.

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: 124869710

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: Useful for 1960s rural Missouri or American farm-work sequences needing a short home-movie view of tractor field clearing.
Period detail: The small tracked tractor, light work clothes, faded color stock, and 8mm home-movie framing support an early 1960s agricultural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a fixed distance as the operator reverses through the field, preserving an unstaged family-film record of outdoor labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red tractor, front-mounted blade, seated or standing operator, grassy field, cut vegetation, tree line, blue sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, scratches, and contact-frame borders that add clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, rural-work cutaway, transition between farm scenes, or memory beat for mid-century field maintenance.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday mechanized field work in a rural summer setting without supporting broader claims about local agriculture or ownership.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Missouri 8mm tractor footage, vintage farm field clearing, man operating tractor, and rural American home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel footage, then other Missouri 1961 scenes, then broader 1960s farming, tractor, field work, and rural labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing a red tractor with a front blade moving through a grassy field near dense trees. — A tractor works across a grassy field with trees in the background.

1961 Missouri home-movie frame showing a man operating a red tractor with a blade through cut grass. — The tractor reverses through the field as the operator faces the work area.

1961 Missouri 8mm still of a red tractor and blade pushing through a grassy field under bright daylight. — A close view emphasizes the tractor blade and cut vegetation in the field.

1961 Missouri home-movie frame of a tractor with front blade working near a tree-lined field edge. — The tractor continues field work with the operator partly visible above the machine.

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