Mabel Minnesota-1969: Farmer Demonstrating Steam Tractor at Rural Fair

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

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Farmer Demonstrating Steam Tractor at Rural Fair — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and tie speaks into a microphone at an outdoor event in Mabel, Minnesota, 1969, with string lights and houses in the background. The scene shifts to a steam-powered tractor with large red wheels, where a crowd gathers around the vintage machine. A farmer demonstrates the steam locomotive, showcasing its intricate engine and boiler, while attendees observe the historic machinery at what appears to be a rural fair or agricultural exhibition. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the era's Americana with authentic colors and grain.

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: 125595124

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: 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: Mabel, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary edits needing rural fair, agricultural heritage, or vintage machinery demonstration footage from small-town Minnesota.
Period detail: The white shirt and tie, outdoor PA microphone, string lights, and steam tractor display support a late-1960s rural community event setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from within the crowd, shifting from the speaker to visitors gathered closely around the operating steam tractor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man at a microphone, string lights, spectators, a steam tractor, red spoked wheels, boiler equipment, grass field, and nearby houses.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, saturated reds, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of amateur home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, or memory beat for agricultural fairs, community gatherings, or historic machinery demonstrations.
Historical context: The clip shows public interest in older steam-powered farm machinery at a rural outdoor gathering, without identifying the specific event beyond the supplied Mabel metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness, privacy, and any event or location permissions.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1969 Mabel Minnesota fair, 8mm steam tractor demonstration, rural agricultural exhibition, and vintage farm machinery crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Mabel footage, then rural fairs, steam tractors, and agricultural heritage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Mabel, Minnesota, 1969, a man in a white shirt and tie appears to speak into a microphone at an outdoor gathering. — A speaker addresses attendees at the rural outdoor event.

Visitors gather around a steam tractor with large red wheels during the 1969 rural fair scene in Mabel, Minnesota. — Attendees watch the steam tractor demonstration up close.

A close handheld view shows spectators and a demonstrator near the steam tractor machinery at the Mabel, Minnesota event. — The camera moves in close as people inspect the vintage machinery.

A wider view shows the steam tractor on a grassy fairground with people and houses in the background in Mabel, Minnesota, 1969. — The steam tractor is shown in profile on the grassy fairground.

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