Minnesota-1971: Nichols Sheppard Farm Machine and Hay Bale

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Minnesota

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Nichols Sheppard Farm Machine and Hay Bale — Clip Details

MINNESOTA-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie clip shows a Nichols Sheppard 20-70 H.P. agricultural machine, weighing 26,490 lbs and originally used at a lumber camp, parked in a field. The machine, a large piece of farm equipment, is positioned next to a massive hay bale under a clear blue sky, with a cornfield in the background. The footage captures the rustic charm of 1970s American agriculture, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette enhancing 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: 125770835

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: 1971 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: Useful for 1970s Midwest agriculture edits needing a brief archival cutaway of vintage farm machinery in a field setting.
Period detail: The 8mm frames show a labeled Nichols Sheppard 20-70 H.P. machine, hay, open field, and corn rows, consistent with the supplied Minnesota 1971 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie feel, lingering on the machine label and then the equipment parked beside a haystack without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten machine placard, green metal bodywork, belt-driven equipment, haystack, cut field, cornfield, blue sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm color grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, dust specks, and contact-frame edges that give it physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an agricultural insert, rural transition, machinery cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1970s farm sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a large older agricultural or industrial machine displayed or parked in a Minnesota field, with surrounding crops and hay suggesting rural farm context.
Research note: No people are visible, but the machine inscription may identify make or owner history; copyright and property or trademark questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1971 Minnesota 8mm farm machine footage, Nichols Sheppard tractor equipment, hay field machinery, and vintage Midwest agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring frames from the same reel, then other Minnesota 1971 farm scenes, then broader vintage agricultural machinery or rural field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Minnesota 1971 8mm frame showing a handwritten Nichols Sheppard 20-70 H.P. placard attached to green machinery. — Placard identifies the Nichols Sheppard 20-70 H.P. machine and lists its weight.

Minnesota 1971 8mm frame with the Nichols Sheppard placard on green machinery, seen near hay and field ground. — The machine label remains visible on the green bodywork beside the field.

Minnesota 1971 8mm frame showing a large belt-driven farm machine beside a haystack, with a field and corn rows in the background. — The full machine is seen parked next to a high stack of hay under a clear sky.

Minnesota 1971 8mm frame showing the vintage farm machine from a distance beside hay, with cornfield and sky in view. — A wider field view places the machine next to hay with crops in the distance.

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