Minnesota-1974: Rolling Fields With Hay Bales And Farmhouse

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Rolling Fields With Hay Bales And Farmhouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a serene rural landscape in Minnesota. Rolling golden fields stretch under a clear blue sky, dotted with numerous round hay bales. In the distance, a farmhouse and silo sit atop a hill, framed by a line of trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s American countryside life. The camera remains steady, presenting a peaceful, timeless scene of agricultural life.

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: 125631235

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Minnesota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1970s Minnesota rural landscape footage for documentary, educational, or editorial sequences needing agricultural countryside atmosphere without visible people.
Period detail: The clip shows round hay bales, open fields, distant farm structures, and warm color typical of 1970s 8mm home-movie material.
Home-movie behavior: The steady, observational framing suggests a home-movie traveler or family member pausing to record a quiet rural view rather than staged farm activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling harvested fields, round hay bales, a distant farmhouse or farm building, a silo-like structure, tree lines, fence posts, and clear sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, slight softness, saturated blue sky, and mild frame-edge darkening that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing shot, pastoral cutaway, transition between travel scenes, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The scene documents a 1970s home-movie view of Midwestern agricultural land, emphasizing landscape and farm setting rather than identifiable labor or machinery.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, though copyright and any property-use questions should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1974 Minnesota farm fields, 1970s 8mm hay bales, rural Midwest landscape, vintage home movie countryside, and archival farm cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1974 Minnesota rural footage, then broader 1970s farm, countryside, and road-trip landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Minnesota 8mm frame of open rolling farmland with a large round hay bale in front and distant farm buildings near a tree line. — Round hay bales sit across a gently rolling field with farm structures and trees along the far ridge.

1974 Minnesota rural landscape frame showing hay bales scattered across a harvested field below distant trees and farm structures. — A hay bale stands in the middle distance as smaller bales and farm structures appear along the horizon.

1974 Minnesota 8mm still of a broad rural field with round hay bales, distant trees, and farm structures near the left horizon. — The view widens across harvested land with hay bales spaced across the slope and trees beyond.

1974 Minnesota frame of rolling farmland with a round hay bale in the foreground, fence posts below, and trees on the far ridge. — A round hay bale anchors the foreground while additional bales and trees recede along the ridge.

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