Montgomery Minnesota-1963: Hay Harvest Community Work Day

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

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Hay Harvest Community Work Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a rural farming community in Montgomery, Minnesota, working together to harvest hay. Farmers in wide-brimmed hats and casual work clothes stack golden hay bales while a mechanical conveyor belt moves the harvest. Spectators, including families in 1960s attire, watch the activity under a bright blue sky. The footage shows the teamwork and daily life of mid-century American agriculture, with authentic film grain and color fading characteristic of Super 8 home movies.

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: 125499163

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing rural Minnesota hay harvest, community farm labor, or mid-century agricultural workday footage.
Period detail: The clip shows 1960s casual clothing, wide-brimmed hats, hay piles, and farm equipment, with Montgomery, Minnesota and 1963 supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a community work scene from ground level as workers handle hay and nearby spectators watch, giving the footage an informal home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hay piles, farm workers, a conveyor or loading rig, spectators in casual dress, grass, blue sky, and a close view of machinery.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, saturated daylight color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that supports its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, rural labor cutaway, community memory beat, or transition within sequences about farming, small towns, or family-recorded workdays.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for shared agricultural labor and spectatorship in a mid-century rural American setting without making claims beyond what is visible.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private interiors, music, or identifiable brands are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Minnesota hay harvest home movie, 8mm rural farm work, mid-century community farming, and Montgomery Minnesota agriculture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 Montgomery footage, then broader rural Minnesota or hay harvest community work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota home-movie frame showing workers on hay piles, farm equipment, and spectators watching from the field. — Workers handle hay while spectators stand near farm equipment in a rural field.

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota frame with hay harvest activity, a loading rig or conveyor, and several people watching from the field edge. — A hay harvest work scene continues with workers on the piles and spectators nearby.

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota home-movie frame with a foreground hat partially blocking the hay harvest scene and workers in the distance. — A foreground hat briefly obscures part of the hay harvest workday scene.

1963 Montgomery, Minnesota frame showing a closer view of people beside farm machinery during the hay harvest workday. — People cluster around machinery, suggesting adjustment or operation during the farm work scene.

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