Missouri USA-1961: Man Operating Hay Baler On Farm Field

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Man Operating Hay Baler On Farm Field — Clip Details

MISSOURI USA-1961: A man in a light-colored shirt and hat operates a red tractor-mounted hay baler in a sun-drenched field. The vintage 8mm film captures the machine compacting green grass into large rectangular bales, with the operator visible at the controls. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, rural Americana scene from the early 1960s. The surrounding landscape features lush green trees under a bright blue sky, emphasizing the agricultural activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124869716

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Missouri, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 documentary or educational requests needing early 1960s Missouri farm mechanization, rural labor, or home-movie agricultural process footage.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century farm equipment, a hat-wearing operator, and color 8mm stock consistent with the supplied 1961 Missouri metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches a working farm task from a nearby field position, giving the scene an unstaged family or local observer perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red tractor-mounted baler, green cut grass, a seated operator in a light shirt and hat, broad field edges, trees, and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, and contact-sheet frame edges that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, agricultural transition, or memory beat within a farm or Midwestern history sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents small-scale field work and mechanized hay handling without making claims about the farm, crop, or operator identity.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright, location, property, and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1961 Missouri farm footage, 8mm hay baler, vintage tractor in field, rural Americana home movie, and mid-century agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel farm scenes, then other Missouri 1961 rural footage, then broader 1960s agricultural machinery or haymaking material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri farm footage showing a red tractor-mounted hay baler working in cut grass with a hat-wearing operator partly visible. — A tractor-mounted hay baler advances through a green farm field with the operator partly seen above the machine.

A red hay baler works through a sunlit Missouri field, with its operator mostly obscured behind the machine. — The baler is centered in the frame as it moves across cut grass under bright daylight.

The 8mm frame shows the baler close to camera as it gathers green grass, with the operator faintly visible above the machine. — A closer frame emphasizes the baler's moving pickup area and the grass being handled in the field.

A hat-wearing operator is more visible behind the red hay baler as the machine continues across a Missouri farm field. — The operator rises more clearly above the baler while the machine continues its pass through the field.

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