South Dakota-1953: A Farmer Operates A Tractor In A Vast Field

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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A Farmer Operates A Tractor In A Vast Field — Clip Details

A farmer in a light-colored shirt and wide-brimmed hat operates a tractor across a vast, open field in South Dakota, 1953. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the man steering the machine under a clear sky, with warm sunlight casting long shadows. The grainy texture and soft focus of the vintage Super 8 home movie evoke a nostalgic, rural Americana atmosphere. The camera remains steady, focusing on the man’s hands on the wheel and the rhythmic motion of the tractor through the farmland.

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: 127721109

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: 1953 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: South Dakota, 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 agriculture sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of tractor operation on open South Dakota farmland.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed hat, work shirt, exposed tractor controls and 8mm color stock support a mid-20th-century farm setting consistent with the 1953 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the farmer as he drives, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of everyday farm work rather than a posed demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult farmer, wide-brimmed hat, light work shirt, tractor steering wheel, front tire, open field, clear sky and warm low-angle sunlight.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, warm color shift and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural labor insert, agricultural cutaway, period transition or memory beat within a broader 1950s farming sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents mechanized farm work in an open Plains landscape, while specific farm identity, tractor make and land ownership are not shown.
Research note: A clearly visible adult face may require likeness review, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from any personal or property rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1953 South Dakota tractor footage, 1950s farmer home movie, 8mm rural agriculture and vintage Plains farm work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel farm scenes, then other South Dakota 1953 material, then broader 1950s tractor, fieldwork and rural Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult farmer in South Dakota, 1953 metadata, steering a tractor through open farmland in warm light. — Farmer seated at the tractor controls with open field behind him.

Close view of a 1953 South Dakota farmer operating a tractor, with broad field and clear sky in the background. — The farmer continues steering the tractor across the flat field.

Adult farmer in hat and work shirt drives a tractor in South Dakota farmland, with 1953 date supported by metadata. — A closer angle shows the farmer framed by the steering wheel and sky.

The farmer on the tractor moves near the camera, with his face, hat and shirt visible against the South Dakota field setting. — The tractor passes close enough for the farmer's face and hat to fill much of the frame.

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