St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Boy Riding Cow in Pen

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Boy Riding Cow in Pen — Clip Details

A grainy, vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a young boy riding a black and white cow in a fenced farm enclosure in St. Paul, Minnesota. The boy, wearing a light-colored hat and dark clothing, sits atop the cow as it moves through the pen, with the camera following from behind. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: heavy grain, muted colors, and a slightly blurry, handheld quality. The scene evokes a sense of rural Americana and nostalgic childhood play on a farm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120814386

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing rural American farm recreation, animal handling, or informal riding scenes from a family-filmed perspective.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s rural or fairground-style activity, with period clues limited to the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, clothing, fencing, and farm enclosure visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value comes from the camera following a rider on a black-and-white cow through a fenced pen during a brief, informal farm activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rider in dark clothing, a light-colored hat, a black-and-white cow, wooden or metal fencing, grassy ground, farm structures or rails in the background, and other dark shapes in the pen.
Film character: The 8mm footage has heavy grain, muted color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural childhood memory beat, animal-handling cutaway, or transitional glimpse of farm recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal mid-century home-movie documentation of farmyard play or animal riding without enough visible evidence to identify a specific event or venue.
Research note: People are visible but faces are not clearly identifiable in these stills, and clearance review should separately consider copyright ownership, likeness risk, animal-treatment context, and any property permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm farm footage, home movie cow riding, rural Americana animal pen, vintage farm recreation, and St. Paul Minnesota 1962 home movie where supported by catalog metadata.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota home movies, and then with broader rural farm, livestock, rodeo-style, or childhood recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm home-movie frame from cataloged St. Paul, Minnesota footage showing a rider on a black-and-white cow in a fenced farm enclosure. — Rider on a cow inside a fenced pen.

Soft, grainy 1962 home-movie frame showing a rider on a cow moving past farm fencing in the cataloged Minnesota clip. — Cow and rider pass through the enclosure.

Rear-facing 8mm frame from the cataloged 1962 St. Paul footage, with a rider seated on a black-and-white cow inside a fenced pen. — Rear view of the cow rider in the pen.

Grainy 1962 home-movie frame showing a rider on a black-and-white cow near fencing, with the figure leaning forward in the farm enclosure. — Rider leans forward as the cow moves along the fence.

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