Texas-1962: Red Gmc Tractor Truck Hitched to a Flatbed Lowboy Trailer

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationTexas, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 · Texas, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

trucking
heavy hauling
small business
mid-century vehicles
work yard
family business pride

Shot type: medium
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · sandy work yard beside a shaded shed
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: hard direct sunlight with deep shadow behind the vehicle
People: 0
Vehicles: red 1950s GMC tractor truck · flatbed lowboy trailer
Objects: chrome grille and bumper · circular door emblem · saddle fuel tank · tandem dual rear wheels · exhaust stack · shed wall
Colors: red · deep blue · pale lavender · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Front three-quarter view of the red GMC cab, chrome grille and door emblem.
The camera pans right past the fuel tank and tandem dual rear wheels.
The flatbed lowboy trailer comes into view behind the tractor.
The shot ends on the full length of the rig, with sky and grass at right.

Red Gmc Tractor Truck Hitched to a Flatbed Lowboy Trailer — Clip Details

Probably Texas, circa 1962 home movie footage of a red GMC tractor unit parked on sandy ground in a work yard. The shot opens on the chrome grille, cab and circular company emblem on the door. The camera then pans slowly right past the saddle fuel tank and tandem dual rear wheels to the flatbed lowboy trailer coupled behind. A shaded shed wall fills the background, with blue sky and grass at the right edge. It is a handheld 8mm colour shot in bright summer sun.

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: 800001776

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Texas, 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: This clip fits requests for early-1960s American trucking or contractor imagery, as a short authentic insert of a working tractor-trailer rig in documentary or museum work.
Period detail: The rounded red 1950s GMC cab, chrome grille, exhaust stack and lowboy trailer fit the late 1950s to early 1960s, and the company emblem may show a regional contracting firm.
Home-movie behavior: The family films its company's truck as something to be proud of, in the same reel as picnics and lake days, so the work equipment is recorded as part of family life.
What appears in frame: A red tractor unit with a chrome grille, a circular emblem on the cab door, a saddle fuel tank, tandem dual rear wheels, a flatbed lowboy trailer, sandy ground and a shaded shed with sky at the edge.
Film character: The 8mm colour has saturated reds, deep blue shadows and pale highlights from strong sun, with fine grain, a few dust specks and a gentle handheld pan.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a cutaway or insert in a trucking or business sequence, or as a memory beat that opens a family's working life before the leisure scenes.
Historical context: Small contracting fleets with painted door emblems were a common sight in mid-century America, and this shot shows one such rig parked at rest in its yard.
Research note: No people appear, but the company emblem and GMC badging may involve trademark considerations and the yard is private property; the film copyright is separate from those rights.
Research search match: Searches this clip answers include 1950s GMC tractor truck, vintage lowboy trailer 8mm, early 1960s Texas trucking home movie and contractor truck yard colour film.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with the Harper Co. Dallas company truck and International door-lettering clips from the same reel, then other circa 1962 Texas yard footage, then mid-century trucking material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Front three-quarter view of a red 1950s GMC tractor truck with a company door emblem in a sandy yard, likely Texas, circa 1962 — A red GMC tractor unit with a circular company emblem on the cab door, parked in a sandy work yard, circa 1962.
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Red GMC tractor with a saddle fuel tank and tandem rear wheels on 8mm colour film, probably Texas, circa 1962 — The pan moves along the rig past the fuel tank and tandem dual rear wheels; dust specks from the original film are visible.
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Side view of a red 1950s GMC tractor coupled to a flatbed trailer in a sandy work yard, likely Texas, circa 1962 — The camera keeps panning right, showing more of the flatbed trailer hitched behind the red tractor.
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Red GMC tractor and lowboy trailer at the end of a handheld 8mm pan, probably Texas, circa 1962 — The shot ends on the low deck of the trailer, with a strip of sky and grass beyond the shed.
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