Montgomery Minnesota-1963: Vintage Farm Gathering With Hay Bales And Steam Tractor

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationMontgomery, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Vintage Farm Gathering With Hay Bales And Steam Tractor — Clip Details

MONTGOMERY MINNESOTA-1963: A vibrant 8mm home movie captures a rural farm gathering under a bright blue sky. Men in 1960s attire—wearing hats, suspenders, and work clothes—gather around large hay bales and vintage farm machinery, including a steam-powered tractor. One man climbs a ladder to stack hay while others watch, creating a lively scene of community and agricultural life. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows natural film grain and saturated colors, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American farm life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125499154

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: 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: Montgomery, Minnesota, 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for productions needing 1960s rural Minnesota home-movie footage of a farm gathering, hay handling, and vintage agricultural machinery in a community setting.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, suspenders, hay stacks, and older tractor equipment support a mid-century rural setting consistent with the supplied 1963 Montgomery, Minnesota metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes people milling around, watching farm demonstrations, and moving casually through the fairlike agricultural scene without staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in work clothes, large hay bales, ladders, a steam or vintage tractor, small farm machines, open grass, distant buildings, and a water tower.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, handheld framing, and contact-print edge darkness that add physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, rural life cutaway, memory beat, or transition into mid-century agriculture, community fairs, or family-history sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually situates farm labor and machinery as public demonstration or gathering material rather than documenting a specific named event beyond the supplied location and year.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from people or property clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1963 Minnesota farm gathering, 8mm rural home movie, vintage tractor demonstration, hay bales, and 1960s American farm life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Montgomery or 1963 Minnesota material, then broader rural farm gatherings, hay work, and vintage machinery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota home-movie frame showing men near hay bales, ladders, and vintage farm equipment during a rural gathering. — Men watch and move around hay bales and machinery at an outdoor farm gathering.

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota frame with a man walking in front of hay bales while others watch a farm machinery demonstration. — A man passes the camera as spectators gather near hay bales and equipment.

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota home-movie frame showing a small vintage tractor, spectators, a haystack, and a water tower in the background. — Spectators stand near a small tractor and haystack during the farm gathering.

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota frame showing a vintage tractor in front of spectators, haystack, farm equipment, and distant buildings. — A vintage tractor sits in front of spectators and a large haystack.

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