Jordan Minnesota-1969: Steam Tractor and Farm Equipment

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

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Steam Tractor and Farm Equipment — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a collection of old agricultural machinery on a sun-drenched field in Jordan, Minnesota. A large, rusted steam tractor with massive rear wheels dominates the scene, surrounded by other vintage farm equipment including a green engine and a blue combine harvester. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm film border, shows the machines at rest under a clear blue sky, evoking a sense of rural Americana and agricultural history. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain enhance its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 125594883

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 Americana, farm heritage, and agricultural machinery cutaways in documentary or museum productions.
Period detail: The frames show older farm machines with large metal wheels and open mechanical parts, consistent with vintage agricultural equipment filmed on 8mm in 1969.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, observing parked machinery in a field without staging or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large wheeled tractor, green engine, red machinery, blue combine-like equipment, dry grass, open field, blue sky, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and visible film-frame borders that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-history insert, agricultural technology cutaway, or quiet transition between farm-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests mid-century interest in preserving or displaying older farm machinery within a Minnesota rural landscape.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-display permissions should still be reviewed by production counsel.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1969 8mm Minnesota farm machinery, vintage tractor field footage, rural Americana home movie, or old agricultural equipment cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Jordan Minnesota 1969 material, then broader vintage farm machinery or rural field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Jordan, Minnesota 8mm frame showing a large old farm tractor with a green engine and red machinery nearby in an open field. — Vintage agricultural machinery sits parked in a sunny field.

A vintage tractor with large rear wheel stands among farm machines in a Jordan, Minnesota field, filmed on 8mm in 1969. — A large old tractor dominates the field display of farm equipment.

1969 8mm view of blue agricultural equipment and smaller machines resting in a grassy field near Jordan, Minnesota. — A blue combine-like machine and other equipment are shown at rest in the field.

A blue vintage agricultural machine sits in a sunlit Minnesota field with additional farm equipment visible nearby. — Parked agricultural machinery fills the frame against open grass and sky.

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