St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: A Boy Rides A Cow While Beating Its Flanks With A Stick

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

A Boy Rides A Cow While Beating Its Flanks With A Stick — Clip Details

A young blonde boy rides a Holstein cow through a dimly lit farm corral in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962. Dressed in dark clothing, he holds a stick and gently beats the cow's flanks as they move through the pen. The grainy 8mm footage captures the rustic farm setting with wooden fencing and other livestock in the background. The scene exudes a nostalgic, candid home movie quality, showcasing rural life and childhood moments on a dairy 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: 120814410

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1960s 8mm farm-corral clip supports documentary or educational requests for rural Upper Midwest childhood, dairy livestock handling, and candid home-movie agricultural life.
Period detail: The dark clothing, wooden corral fencing, Holstein cattle, and soft 8mm color may show an early-1960s farm setting consistent with the supplied St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value comes from a young blond rider moving among cattle in a corral while holding a stick, captured from a close family-observer viewpoint rather than a formal agricultural demonstration.
What appears in frame: Across the four frames, a blond young rider, black-and-white cows, a stick, dark corral fencing, a metal pail or container, and open fields beyond the pen are visible.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, low exposure, muted color, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert or memory beat for rural childhood, dairy farming, animal handling, or family recollections of farm work and play.
Historical context: The scene visually places a child or young person in close contact with livestock in a working corral, suggesting everyday rural or semi-rural family activity without proving a specific farm operation.
Research note: People and a likely minor are visible, faces are soft but present, and any use should separately assess likeness, child depiction, property context, and copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1960s 8mm farm home movie, boy riding cow, Holstein dairy cattle corral, St. Paul Minnesota farm footage, and rural childhood livestock scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other St. Paul or Minnesota 1962 material, then broader 1960s dairy farm, livestock, and rural childhood home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a dim 1962 St. Paul, Minnesota farm-corral scene, a young blond rider sits on a Holstein cow while other cattle stand nearby. — Young rider on cow in corral.

The rider appears to lean forward while seated on a black-and-white cow, with fencing, other livestock, and open farmland visible in the background. — Rider moving among cattle.

A young blond rider remains mounted on the cow as a long stick or switch is visible near the animal, with other cattle and fencing surrounding them. — Rider with stick beside cow.

At the end of the clip, the young rider is still seated on the cow in the dim corral, surrounded by cattle with rural fencing and fields behind them. — Mounted rider in cattle pen.

Visually Similar Clips