Jordan Minnesota-1969: Red Steam Engine and Farm Machinery on Display

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

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Red Steam Engine and Farm Machinery on Display — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Jordan, Minnesota, in 1969 captures a collection of antique farm machinery in a sun-drenched field. The footage features a large, dark-colored threshing machine and a red and green Minneapolis Engine No. 3197, a steam-powered tractor with a prominent smokestack and red wheels. The bright, clear day highlights the weathered metal and intricate mechanical details of the historic equipment, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century agricultural technology. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading characteristic of Super 8 footage.

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: 125594887

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 archival requests needing antique agricultural machinery, steam traction engine details, or rural Minnesota fair and farm-heritage cutaways.
Period detail: The visible Minneapolis engine plate, smokestack, red wheels, threshing equipment, and open field support a late-1960s home-movie view of older farm technology on display.
Home-movie behavior: The short clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving between wide views of machinery and close inspection of a painted engine identification plate.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a dark threshing machine, red and green Minneapolis steam engine, smokestack, red wheels, display field, blue sky, and painted maker plate.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, bright daylight exposure, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, rural heritage cutaway, mechanical-detail transition, or memory beat within farming, technology, or county-fair sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually connects 1969 rural leisure with preserved steam-era farm equipment, without establishing a specific event beyond the supplied Jordan, Minnesota metadata.
Research note: No people are visible, but the Minneapolis maker name and engine plate are readable, so brand and artifact identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Jordan Minnesota 8mm home movie, antique farm machinery, Minneapolis steam engine, threshing machine, and rural technology footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Jordan or 1969 Minnesota material, then broader antique farm machinery and steam engine footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wide 1969 Jordan, Minnesota home-movie view of dark antique farm machinery and equipment displayed in an open field. — Wide field view of antique farm machinery under a clear sky.

Close 8mm frame of a red and green Minneapolis Engine No. 3197 plate with Woolf Valve Gear patent wording. — Painted Minneapolis Engine No. 3197 plate on the steam engine.

Tighter home-movie view of the Minneapolis Engine No. 3197 plate, with red and green painted metal filling the frame. — Detail shot of the readable Minneapolis engine identification plate.

1969 Jordan, Minnesota home-movie frame showing a red and green steam traction engine with smokestack and large wheels in a field. — Side view of the red and green steam engine on display outdoors.

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