Minnesota-1958: Red Open-Cab Railway Fire Engine Passing in a Summer Parade

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Minnesota, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1958 · Minnesota · Reel 42739b41 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

community parade
railway company heritage
fire service history
small-town civic life
mid-century America
summer celebration
industrial northern Minnesota

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static · Eye level, side-on from the kerb
Setting: outdoor · Tree-lined residential street on a parade route, with a lawn and a house behind
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: Soft, even daylight under a pale overcast sky
People: 4 · A man in a salmon shirt and dark trousers standing on the running board, a fair-haired rider in a dark jacket seated in the open cab, and two riders at the rear, one in a purple shirt and light trousers.
Vehicles: red open-cab fire engine · parked car partly visible at frame edge
Objects: fire engine · hose bed · pump panel · fire extinguisher · windshield · warning light · hose reel · running board
Readable signs: D.M.&I.R. Ry Co
Colors: red · green · pale grey · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The front of a red open-cab fire engine lettered D.M.&I.R. Ry Co fills the frame, a man standing on the running board.
The pump panel, extinguisher and black hose bed slide past as the cab moves out to the right.
Two more riders at the rear come into view above the hose bed, one in a purple shirt.
The rear wheel and tailboard pass, opening a view of a lawn, trees and a house behind.

Red Open-Cab Railway Fire Engine Passing in a Summer Parade — Clip Details

Duluth area, Minnesota, circa 1958 home movie footage of a red open-cab fire engine passing side-on in a summer street parade. Gold lettering on the hood reads D.M.&I.R. Ry Co, the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway. A man in a salmon shirt stands on the running board beside a fair-haired rider in a dark jacket, and two more riders hold on at the rear as the hose bed and rear wheel go by. Filmed from the kerb on 8mm colour film in a single close shot, with leafy trees and a lawn behind.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000570

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits requests for late-1950s Midwestern parade colour footage, railway company history in northern Minnesota, or vintage fire apparatus seen in motion.
Period detail: The open-cab pumper with rounded fenders, gold-leaf D.M.&I.R. Ry Co lettering and riders standing on the running board points to the 1950s, and the men's casual shirts fit that decade.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator films from the kerb as the truck passes at arm's length, catching riders who look ahead down the route and pay no attention to the camera.
What appears in frame: A red open-cab fire engine with gold railway lettering, a man on the running board, a seated fair-haired rider, two riders at the rear, a black hose bed, a chrome pump panel, and trees and a lawn behind.
Film character: Saturated 8mm colour with a strong red, soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld drift and the rounded dark corners of a projected-film transfer.
Edit role: Works as a short colour insert or cutaway inside a parade sequence, or as a quick memory beat for railway-town community life.
Historical context: The lettering links the truck to the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway, formed in 1937 with headquarters at Proctor, and the parade likely falls in Minnesota's 1958 centennial year.
Research note: Film copyright is handled separately from likeness and trademark: riders' faces are partly recognisable and the railway's name is legible, so commercial uses call for their own assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1950s fire engine parade home movie, D.M.&I.R. railway fire truck, Minnesota parade 8mm colour film, and vintage open-cab pumper footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the Gopher State float, colour guard, pipe band and clown band clips from the same reel, then with other circa 1958 Minnesota parades or 1950s fire apparatus footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red open-cab fire engine lettered D.M.&I.R. Ry Co in a summer parade in the Duluth area of Minnesota, circa 1958, a man in a salmon shirt on the running board. — The front of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway fire engine passes the camera with riders aboard, circa 1958.
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Pump panel and hose bed of a railway company fire engine passing in a Minnesota parade, circa 1958, with a man standing on the running board. — The pump panel and hose bed slide past as the cab moves out of frame.
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Rear section of a red railway fire engine in a circa 1958 Minnesota summer parade, two riders leaning on the hose bed at the back. — Two more riders come into view at the rear of the engine, above the hose bed.
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Tailboard of a red fire engine leaving the frame on a tree-lined street in the Duluth area of Minnesota, circa 1958, with a house and lawn behind. — The engine's tail clears the frame, opening a view of the residential street behind the parade route.
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