Nebraska-1958: Old Man Operating Small Excavator To Dig Hole In Open Field

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

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Old Man Operating Small Excavator To Dig Hole In Open Field — Clip Details

A man in a red jacket and cap operates a yellow tracked excavator in a grassy field in Nebraska, 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the operator maneuvering the machine to dig a hole, with the arm and bucket in motion. The scene is framed by dark borders, typical of home movie footage, with a rural backdrop of trees, a road, and vintage cars. The image has a warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana feel.

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: 127612142

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: No
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

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 1950s rural or small-scale construction sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of excavation work in Nebraska.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color 8mm footage with a small tracked excavator, rural roadside setting, leafless trees, and older cars in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The operator appears absorbed in the practical work of maneuvering the machine, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie view of everyday digging activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow tracked excavator, seated man in a red jacket and cap, metal bucket, grassy field, muddy patches, road, trees, and distant cars.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and dark frame borders consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, machinery detail, or memory beat within a mid-century Americana sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents small mechanical excavation in an open rural setting, showing practical outdoor work rather than a formal construction site.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no readable logos or private interiors are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Nebraska home movie excavator, 1950s rural digging footage, 8mm construction machinery, and man operating small digger.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Nebraska 1958 home movies, then rural machinery, farm work, construction, or mid-century labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Nebraska home-movie footage from 1958, a man in a red jacket and cap operates a yellow tracked excavator in an open field. — A seated operator maneuvers a small yellow excavator with its bucket lowered near the ground.

The 1958 Nebraska frame shows the operator seated on a yellow tracked excavator, with the digging arm raised near a rural roadside. — The excavator arm is upright as the operator sits at the controls in the field.

A small yellow tracked excavator is shown digging in a Nebraska field, with the operator in a red jacket seated at the controls. — The digging arm lowers toward the ground as the operator continues working the controls.

The final frame shows the man on the yellow excavator in the open Nebraska field, with road, trees, and parked cars beyond. — The operator remains seated as the excavator bucket sits near the disturbed ground.

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