France-1963: Large Yellow Combine Harvester Harvesting Wheat Field

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationFrance
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 France

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Large Yellow Combine Harvester Harvesting Wheat Field — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from France in 1963 captures a yellow Claas combine harvester moving through a golden wheat field under a cloudy sky. Two men are visible on the machine—one operating the controls, the other standing nearby—demonstrating mid-century agricultural technology. The footage shows the harvester’s cutting mechanism in action, with the field stretching into the distance. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel, offering a glimpse into rural farming life during the 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124871725

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1963 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: France 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 requests needing 1960s French rural agriculture, mechanized wheat harvest, or mid-century farm labor as documentary insert footage.
Period detail: The yellow Claas combine, open operator platform, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s rural farming context in France.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the working machine from field level, preserving an informal home-movie view of men operating harvest equipment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow combine harvester, wheat heads, cutting reel, cloudy sky, distant low hills, and two men on the machine.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-print edge density that add archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, rural labor insert, mechanization detail, or transition within a farming or postwar countryside sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows mechanized grain harvesting in a rural French field without making claims about the farm, crop yield, or ownership.
Research note: People and a visible Claas brand mark require likeness and trademark review separate from any copyright or archive license assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1963 France wheat harvest, 8mm combine harvester, vintage farm machinery, and rural agriculture home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm scenes, then France 1963 rural material, then broader 1960s European harvest and agricultural machinery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 France 8mm frame showing a yellow Claas combine partly in view as it harvests wheat, with two men on the machine. — A yellow combine moves through a wheat field with operators visible on the platform.

The yellow combine continues across the wheat field in France, with an operator seated and another man standing nearby. — Men ride on the open platform of the combine as the cutting mechanism works through wheat.

A closer 8mm view shows the combine header and open operator area during a 1963 wheat harvest in rural France. — The harvester header fills the lower frame while the operator area remains visible above.

The combine is framed from the side as it harvests wheat, with Claas lettering visible and a broad rural horizon behind it. — The side of the combine and its header are seen against wheat, clouds, and distant low hills.

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