Jordan Minnesota-1969: Red and White Steam Tractor

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

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Red and White Steam Tractor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a red and white steam-powered tractor in a sun-drenched rural field in Jordan, Minnesota. The machine, featuring a tall black smokestack, exposed engine components, and large red wheels, sits idle on dry grass under a clear blue sky. The footage, with its characteristic film grain and color saturation, offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century agricultural machinery and rural Americana.

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: 125594890

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 edits needing a brief home-movie view of historic agricultural machinery in an open field.
Period detail: The visible steam tractor, exposed machinery, saturated color, and 8mm frame texture support a late-1960s rural machinery context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the tractor from a visitor-like distance, holding on the equipment rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Frames show a red and white steam tractor, black smokestack, exposed engine parts, red wheels, dry grass, open fields, and blue sky.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color saturation, and slight exposure variation typical of amateur outdoor home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a machinery cutaway, rural transition, historical insert, or quiet memory beat in an agricultural sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually connects rural display or preservation of steam-powered farm equipment with open Midwestern field surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-based permissions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1969 8mm steam tractor footage, Jordan Minnesota farm machinery, vintage agricultural equipment, or rural Americana home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel material, then other 1969 Jordan, Minnesota clips, then broader steam tractor, farm machinery, or rural fairground footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm view of a red and white steam tractor with exposed machinery in Jordan, Minnesota. — Red and white steam tractor sits in an open field under a clear sky.

Side view of the red and white steam tractor in a sunlit Jordan, Minnesota field in 1969 footage. — The tractor remains still as the camera holds on its side and rear box.

Side profile emphasizes the tractor's red wheels, white tires, and exposed machinery.

A second piece of historic farm machinery appears in the Jordan, Minnesota field near the end of the 1969 clip. — A rust-red machine with a large flywheel is shown against the same open field.

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