South Dakota USA-1953: Man Riding Black And White Horse Through Field On A Sunny Day

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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Man Riding Black And White Horse Through Field On A... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 in South Dakota, showing a man riding a distinctive black and white pinto horse across an open grassy field. The rider wears a light-colored shirt and dark pants, guiding the horse at a steady trot under a bright, overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural motion blur, capturing a nostalgic slice of rural American life. Farm equipment is visible in the background, adding to the authentic, unscripted feel of this archival footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122622468

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: 1953 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s South Dakota home-movie footage suited to rural life, horseback riding, ranch recreation, or open-plains documentary requests.
Period detail: The rider's casual clothing, pinto horse, open grassland, and small farm implements may show mid-century rural leisure or ranch work surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, following a rider moving calmly through open field rather than presenting a formal equestrian event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a black-and-white horse, open prairie grass, cloudy sky, horizon line, and scattered farm equipment.
Film character: The 8mm color image carries soft focus, light fading, grain, gate edges, dust marks, and handheld exposure shifts typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rural insert, transition, memory beat, or cutaway for horseback travel and open-land recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually situates horseback riding within a broad rural landscape, with nearby implements suggesting agricultural or ranch-related surroundings.
Research note: A visible adult rider may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately from the footage scan.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm South Dakota horseback riding, pinto horse in field, rural home movie, and ranch recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1953 South Dakota clips, then broader rural horseback and farm-field home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a man on a black-and-white horse in open grassland under a cloudy sky. — A rider moves through open prairie grass on a pinto horse.

A man rides a pinto horse past scattered farm implements in a South Dakota field, seen in soft 8mm color. — The horse and rider pass near farm equipment lying in the grass.

1950s rural frame of a man riding a black-and-white horse beside low farm machinery on South Dakota grassland. — The rider continues beside a cluster of low farm implements.

A man on a pinto horse appears in open South Dakota grassland, with small farm equipment visible near the frame edge. — The horse and rider are framed against a wide, open field.

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