United States-1955: Tractor Pulling a Farm Implement With a Seated Operator

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

agricultural work
rural life
farm mechanization
coordinated labor
children near fieldwork
everyday observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Eye-level side view
Setting: outdoor · Flat agricultural field beside a road, with utility poles and a distant tree line
Time and weather: Daytime · Possibly early spring or late autumn, with largely leafless distant trees · Dry conditions with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with subdued contrast
People: 3 · A driver in a red top and dark cap, a seated implement operator in a checked shirt and light brimmed hat, and a child in a red jacket, light trousers and dark cap visible near the beginning.
Vehicles: green agricultural tractor · towed wheeled farm implement
Objects: large treaded rear tire · pale wheel hub · metal implement frame · small implement wheels · light rectangular container · worked soil · road · utility poles · distant trees
Colors: muted green · earth brown · tan · red · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A child walks beside the tractor and its low trailing implement.
The large rear wheel dominates as the seated implement operator leans forward.
The child is out of view while the camera follows the machinery to the right.
The driver and trailing operator remain visible as the tractor moves farther across the field.

Tractor Pulling a Farm Implement With a Seated Operator — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage shows a green tractor pulling a low wheeled implement across a worked field. A driver in a red top sits above the large rear wheel while a second person in a checked shirt and light hat rides on the equipment behind. A child walks nearby at the beginning, then leaves the frame as the camera follows the machinery to the right. A road, utility poles and a distant tree line cross the flat background.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004378

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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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 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: 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: Supports documentary or museum requests for American agricultural work circa 1955, showing a tractor driver and a seated operator on trailing equipment.
Period detail: The large exposed rear wheel, checked work shirt, brimmed hat and child's cap support a broad mid-century setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches ordinary fieldwork while a child walks nearby and the seated operator remains bent toward the equipment.
What appears in frame: A green tractor, large pale wheel hub, low wheeled implement, checked-shirt operator, red-clad driver and roadside utility poles share the view.
Film character: Muted color, soft detail, visible grain, scattered dust and scratches give the projected-film transfer a pronounced archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a sustained agricultural activity shot or a rural cutaway that keeps the towing arrangement and both operators visible.
Historical context: The scene records a driver and a second seated worker using connected farm machinery, with a child briefly walking close by.
Research note: People and cultivated property are visible, but faces lack clear identifying detail; copyright licensing remains separate from likeness and property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for silent color farm home movies, American tractor fieldwork circa 1955 and a seated operator on a trailing implement.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's dock jumping or miniature train scenes, then other United States footage circa 1955, and finally comparable agricultural work.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1955, a child walks beside a green tractor while a checked-shirt worker rides the trailing farm implement. — A child walks near the moving machinery, with the tractor driver and trailing operator both visible.
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A large tractor wheel dominates this United States farm scene circa 1955, with a seated worker leaning forward and a child at the left edge. — The trailing operator leans forward beside a light rectangular container as the tractor continues right.
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United States fieldwork circa 1955: a tractor pulls a low implement with a forward-bending operator beneath a distant roadside tree line. — With the child out of frame, the side view emphasizes the tractor and the occupied trailing implement.
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A receding tractor and its trailing seated operator cross a flat United States field circa 1955, with the red-clad driver's back visible. — Near the end of the shot, the machinery is seen at a slightly more rearward angle as it travels away.
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