Russia-1963: Farm Machinery and Worker in Rural Agricultural Setting

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationRussia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Russia

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Farm Machinery and Worker in Rural Agricultural Setting — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage footage captures a man operating a large agricultural machine on a Russian farm. The black-and-white home movie shows the worker in a light shirt and dark pants inspecting and working around the heavy machinery, with pulleys and mechanical components visible. The scene unfolds outdoors under bright daylight, with trees and farm structures in the background. The grainy texture and slight motion blur are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century rural labor and industrial farming practices in the Soviet Union.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124874421

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: 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: Russia 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: 1960s Soviet-era rural agriculture footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing heavy farm machinery and manual labor cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s rural industrial farming, with a large wheeled agricultural machine, exposed mechanical parts, and work clothing visible in bright outdoor light.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie view of a worker moving around machinery, giving a casual observer's look at farm labor rather than a formal industrial film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large farm machine, wheels, pulley-like hardware, a worker in a light shirt, open yard ground, trees, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm footage has high-contrast black-and-white grain, soft focus, handheld framing, exposure variation, and visible scan artifacts that signal original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, labor cutaway, or memory beat within sequences about Soviet-era farming, rural work, or machinery.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for mechanized rural work in Russia without identifying the specific farm, machine model, worker, or exact locality.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 Russia farm machinery, Soviet rural agriculture 8mm, worker with tractor equipment, and vintage home movie farm labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel rural footage, then with Russia 1963 material, then with broader 1960s agriculture, machinery, and labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Russia 8mm frame showing a large farm machine in a bright outdoor yard with a worker near its side. — A worker stands beside heavy agricultural machinery in an open rural yard.

1963 Russia 8mm frame with a closer view of heavy farm machinery and a worker partly obscured beside it. — Heavy machinery fills the frame while a worker stands near the equipment.

1963 Russia 8mm frame showing a worker walking beside large agricultural machinery in a bright outdoor rural setting. — A worker passes in front of large farm machinery under strong daylight.

1963 Russia 8mm frame of a worker walking alongside a large wheeled farm machine with exposed mechanical components. — The worker moves alongside the machinery, with wheels and metal parts visible.

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