Vintage farm footage
Rural America in educational and government films: farmers in the field, tractors at harvest, the 1937 classroom film Poultry on the Farm, and the cows of the Dust Bowl and the dairy farm.
These are the best matches in the index today, each with the exact seconds in its film. Ask Claude for a shot by its number to get a trimmed MP4 and the credit line.
Fields and tractors
In Claude, ask for “farmer working in a field”
Farmer operating small motorized cart in a field, 1940s
2:54.9–3:01.2 (6.2 s) · shot 5089
What Is Business? (1948)
Farmer driving a tractor harvesting crops in a field.
8:58.9–9:03.0 (4.1 s) · shot 5428
Tractor working a field, agricultural machinery in operation, 1940s
2:41.6–2:47.7 (6.0 s) · shot 5087
What Is Business? (1948)
Tractors operating in dusty fields and farmers harvesting crops
7:01.9–7:08.7 (6.8 s) · shot 3322
Manpower (1943)
Agricultural machinery operating in a field, vintage black and white film style.
5:51.5–5:55.3 (3.8 s) · shot 3898
Rain for the Earth (Part I) (1937)
A farmer and a child in an empty field, rural America 1930s
4:27.9–4:32.8 (4.9 s) · shot 3874
Rain for the Earth (Part I) (1937)
Chickens and poultry
In Claude, ask for “chickens on a farm”
White chickens foraging and walking in a grassy and dirt yard
1:37.3–1:42.2 (4.9 s) · shot 3655
Poultry on the Farm (1937)
White chickens moving around a grassy outdoor area during the day
1:22.5–1:26.5 (4.1 s) · shot 3651
Poultry on the Farm (1937)
Chickens pecking at the ground in a farmyard with wooden sheds, 1940s
6:59.0–7:03.2 (4.2 s) · shot 1985
chicken pecking at the ground in a straw-filled farmyard or coop
3:45.3–3:47.5 (2.2 s) · shot 4633
Three Little Kittens (1938)
chicken walking through straw in a barnyard or coop, vintage footage
3:52.2–3:56.2 (4.0 s) · shot 4635
Three Little Kittens (1938)
Cows and dairy
In Claude, ask for “dairy cows”
Medium shot of black and white dairy cows standing together in a dusty field, 1930s
3:31.3–3:36.7 (5.3 s) · shot 3865
Rain for the Earth (Part I) (1937)
Aerial view of extensive stockyards filled with cattle.
2:38.2–2:41.1 (2.9 s) · shot 5956
Cows grazing in a pasture behind a wooden fence, rural landscape, 1940s
7:05.8–7:11.3 (5.6 s) · shot 1987
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