Nebraska-1958: Man Driving A Yellow Tractor On Rural Road

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

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Man Driving A Yellow Tractor On Rural Road — Clip Details

A man in a cap and work clothes drives a bright yellow vintage tractor down a quiet rural road in Nebraska, 1958. The 8mm home movie captures the tractor turning slowly, its large rear tires and classic design standing out against the green grass and trees. In the background, a small roadside building with a faded sign and a passing car suggest a peaceful mid-century American town. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking authentic nostalgia and Americana.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127611507

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: 1958 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: Nebraska, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nebraska rural-road, farm-vehicle, and small-town Americana requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The yellow open tractor, work clothes, roadside sign, older car, and quiet two-lane road may show mid-century rural transportation and town-edge scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The driver appears to turn and pass slowly for the camera, giving the clip an informal family-film view of everyday farm machinery in motion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow tractor, adult male driver, large rear tires, grassy roadside, trees, small roadside building, sign, and passing cars.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, exposure variation, and contact-sheet gate edges that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, farm-equipment cutaway, small-town transition, or brief memory beat in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The scene places farm equipment directly on a public road, suggesting the close visual overlap of agricultural work and small-town travel in the period.
Research note: Human likeness and possible brand or sign details are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and location-identification issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Nebraska 8mm tractor footage, yellow farm tractor on rural road, mid-century home movie, and small-town Americana cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Nebraska or 1958 rural-road material, then broader farm machinery and small-town Americana scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Nebraska footage, an adult man in a cap drives a yellow tractor beside a quiet rural road with trees and a small building behind him. — A yellow tractor approaches along the edge of a rural road as the driver faces forward.

The tractor continues turning on a Nebraska rural road, with the driver seated high and a roadside building, sign, and trees in the background. — The tractor swings closer to the camera while roadside buildings and trees remain in view.

A front-facing view shows the yellow tractor nearing the camera on a 1958 Nebraska road, with a small roadside building and distant cars behind it. — The tractor comes nearly head-on, showing its grille, front wheels, and large rear tires.

The driver passes close to the camera as the tractor fills much of the frame.

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