Minnesota USA-1961: Men Working On Steam-Powered Agricultural Machine

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Men Working On Steam-Powered Agricultural Machine — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1961: Vintage 8mm film captures a group of men gathered around a large, green steam-powered agricultural machine in a rural outdoor setting. Men in 1960s work clothes, including caps and button-up shirts, are seen inspecting and working on the machinery, with some climbing onto its platform. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural autumn colors in the background and exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of home movies from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century farm technology and rural labor.

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: 125498348

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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Minnesota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s rural Minnesota edits needing archival home-movie views of men examining or operating older steam-powered agricultural machinery.
Period detail: The clip shows 1960s work clothing, caps, autumn foliage, and a large green steam-era farm machine, with the 1961 Minnesota setting supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observational home-movie feel, watching men gather, climb, inspect, and work around the machine without staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in caps and work shirts, a green machinery body, pipes, wheels, a platform, autumn trees, and close views of metal equipment.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural technology cutaway, labor insert, machinery detail, or memory beat within mid-century farming or restoration sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a public or outdoor gathering around older agricultural machinery, suggesting interest in farm technology and hands-on mechanical work.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed, while no logos, music, or clear private-property identifiers are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Minnesota 8mm farm machinery, men working on steam agricultural machine, rural labor home movie, and vintage threshing equipment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Minnesota rural footage, then broader clips of vintage farm machinery and outdoor labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing men in work clothes around a large green steam-powered agricultural machine outdoors. — Men stand and climb around a green agricultural machine in a rural outdoor setting.

Men in caps and shirts inspect a large green farm machine in a 1961 Minnesota home-movie frame. — A group of men watch or inspect the machinery as one man remains on the upper platform.

Close 8mm view of men working around pipes, wheels, and metal parts of a steam-powered agricultural machine in Minnesota. — A man bends near the machine while another stands beside the exposed metal equipment.

1961 Minnesota frame showing men beside the exposed side of an older agricultural machine with pipes and a large wheel. — Men remain beside the machine as the camera frames its side, wheel, and pipework.

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