Izmir Turkey-1962: Two Oxen Plowing a Field Near a Gas Pump

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIzmir, Turkey
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Izmir Turkey

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Two Oxen Plowing a Field Near a Gas Pump — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a farmer guiding two oxen as they plow a field in the rural hills of Izmir, Turkey. The scene unfolds from a roadside vantage point, with a yellow and red gas pump visible in the foreground, contrasting traditional agriculture with early modern infrastructure. The rolling green hills and a lone tree frame the labor-intensive farming practice, showcasing a moment of rural life preserved in classic Super 8 color. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127006716

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 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: Izmir, Turkey 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: 1960s rural Turkey footage for documentary or educational edits needing traditional field work beside roadside modern infrastructure.
Period detail: The scene may show early 1960s rural Izmir, with oxen plowing, work clothes, rolling fields, and a roadside fuel pump as visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie camera observes from across a roadside, holding on the farmer and oxen rather than staging action for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a farmer, two oxen, plowed soil, a roadside pump, a lone tree, green hills, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm color scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of a small-gauge home movie.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rural labor insert, a modernization contrast cutaway, or a brief memory beat within a Turkey travel or agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually contrasts animal-powered farming with roadside fuel infrastructure without identifying a specific farm, owner, or commercial brand.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no readable logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from location or property issues.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Izmir home movie, Turkey oxen plowing field, rural agriculture 8mm footage, and roadside gas pump farm scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Izmir material, then broader rural Turkey or traditional agriculture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Izmir, Turkey, a farmer appears to guide two oxen through a field, with a yellow and red roadside pump in the foreground. — Farmer and oxen work a hillside field beside a roadside pump.

The farmer and oxen continue across the hillside field in Izmir, with the roadside pump and rural valley visible beyond them. — Oxen and farmer pass behind the roadside pump in a rural hillside view.

A distant farmer appears to follow oxen across a plowed hillside in 1962 Izmir, seen from a roadside home-movie viewpoint. — Distant farmer and oxen continue plowing on the hillside.

Near the end of the clip, the farmer and oxen work at the edge of the plowed field, with the roadside pump still framing the rural Izmir view. — The team reaches the field edge as the roadside pump remains in frame.

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