Jordan Minnesota-1969: Farmers Gathered at Steam Thresher Event

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationJordan, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Minnesota

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Farmers Gathered at Steam Thresher Event — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Jordan, Minnesota, in 1969 captures a rural community event. The clip opens with a handwritten sign taped to a red surface, reading 'SCOTT & CARVER COUNTIES OLD THRESHING BEE SEPT. 27-28 JORDAN,' establishing the location and date. The scene then shifts to a sunny outdoor gathering where a large, black steam-powered thresher emits a plume of smoke. Farmers and families in period attire, including a woman in a yellow skirt and red headscarf, gather around the historic machinery. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the thresher in operation with people observing, capturing a nostalgic slice of Americana and agricultural heritage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125594860

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 1019 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: savage minnesota
Date: 1969 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: Jordan, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s rural Minnesota, agricultural heritage, steam threshing demonstrations, and community fair cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The handwritten event sign, 8mm color stock, period clothing, parked vehicle edge, and steam-powered farm machinery support a late-1960s rural gathering context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot view of spectators watching historic machinery, with the camera lingering on the sign and crowd rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten Threshing Bee sign, red backing surface, black steam engine, smoke plume, spectators, open field, cloudy sky, and a parked vehicle edge.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, agricultural-history cutaway, rural community transition, or memory beat around heritage machinery.
Historical context: The frames show a public rural gathering around older threshing equipment, suggesting community interest in farm traditions without proving the event's broader history.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review, while the sign supports date and location; copyright and any event or property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1969 Jordan Minnesota Threshing Bee, Scott and Carver Counties farm event, vintage 8mm steam thresher, and rural Minnesota home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Jordan or Minnesota 1969 footage, then broader threshing bee, steam engine, and rural Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Jordan, Minnesota event sign reading Scott and Carver Counties Old Threshing Bee, taped against a red surface. — Handwritten sign identifies the Scott and Carver Counties Old Threshing Bee in Jordan.

Close view of the Jordan, Minnesota Threshing Bee sign naming Scott and Carver Counties and the September 27-28 dates. — The sign provides location and date information for the threshing bee footage.

At the 1969 Jordan, Minnesota gathering, spectators watch a dark steam-powered threshing machine with smoke rising nearby. — Visitors gather around a smoking steam-powered farm machine in the field.

Wide 8mm view of a steam threshing demonstration in Jordan, Minnesota, with spectators standing near the machinery. — The camera frames the threshing equipment and onlookers during the outdoor demonstration.

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