Rollag Minnesota-1971: A Red Tractor In A Field Followed By A Hand Painted Sign

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

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A Red Tractor In A Field Followed By A Hand Painted Sign — Clip Details

ROLLAG MINNESOTA-1971: A vibrant red steam tractor operates in a muddy field during a misty day, with onlookers in period clothing watching the demonstration. The vintage 8mm film captures the scene with authentic grain and color, showing a rural agricultural event. The clip concludes with a hand-painted sign for Dunn's Lodge Cottages, indicating a roadside stop in a classic American countryside setting. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s rural life and farm heritage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125773457

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Rollag, 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 1971 rural Minnesota archive requests needing agricultural demonstration footage and a roadside lodging sign as documentary or educational cutaways.
Period detail: The red steam tractor, hand-painted roadside cottage sign, clothing, and 8mm color stock support an early 1970s rural travel and farm-event setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor's distance, first watching the field demonstration and then recording a nearby sign as part of a personal travel record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red steam tractor, muddy field, onlookers, fence posts, parked vehicles, a road, grass verge, and a Dunn's Lodge Cottages sign.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and handheld framing that give the material a scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, location transition, rural travel cutaway, or memory beat between farm heritage and roadside lodging scenes.
Historical context: The footage places a farm machinery display beside roadside lodging signage, suggesting rural tourism and agricultural heritage activity without naming an event beyond Rollag metadata.
Research note: People and a named roadside business sign are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Rollag Minnesota 8mm farm tractor footage, rural steam tractor demonstration, and Dunn's Lodge Cottages roadside sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1971 Rollag or Minnesota travel footage, then broader rural agriculture, roadside lodging, and 8mm Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red steam tractor working in a muddy Rollag, Minnesota field in 1971, with onlookers standing near a fence line. — Red steam tractor demonstration in a muddy field with visitors watching.

A red steam tractor and dark farm machinery appear beyond a grassy fence line during the 1971 Rollag, Minnesota rural scene. — Farm machinery and visitors viewed from across the field.

Hand-painted Dunn's Lodge Cottages roadside sign in a rural Minnesota setting, filmed on 8mm in 1971. — Dunn's Lodge Cottages sign beside a roadside grass verge.

Close view of the Dunn's Lodge Cottages sign along a rural roadside, with grass and a road visible behind it. — Roadside sign for Dunn's Lodge Cottages near the end of the clip.

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