South Dakota USA-1953: Herd Of Cows Grazing And Woman Riding Pinto Horse

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

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Herd Of Cows Grazing And Woman Riding Pinto Horse — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from South Dakota, USA, in 1953, showing a herd of brown and white cows grazing in a dry grassy field under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections. In a separate scene, a young woman in a blue jacket rides a black-and-white pinto horse, with a classic car and tractor visible in the background, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century rural American life.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122623503

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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: Useful for 1950s rural South Dakota footage requests needing cattle grazing, ranch life, or horseback riding inserts for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century ranch or farm life, with open pasture, wire fencing, a pinto horse, a red pickup, and an older car visible in the home-movie frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing grazing cattle and briefly turning toward a woman riding a horse near parked farm vehicles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, dry grass, fence posts, open prairie horizon, a woman on a pinto horse, a red pickup, and a light-colored car.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, handheld framing, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and minor dust that place it clearly in a physical home-movie archive.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural-life cutaway, livestock insert, transition between farm scenes, or memory beat for mid-century American family footage.
Historical context: The frames document everyday rural imagery rather than a named event, showing livestock, open land, horseback riding, and farm vehicles in a South Dakota setting.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property considerations should still be checked.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s South Dakota home movie cattle grazing, 8mm ranch footage, pinto horse rider, rural farm vehicles, and prairie pasture scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with South Dakota or 1953 rural material, then with broader cattle, horse, ranch, or farm-life themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame showing brown and white cattle grazing in dry pasture under a pale sky. — Cattle graze in a dry open pasture.

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame with cattle grazing across a prairie pasture near fence posts. — The herd grazes near a fence line.

1953 South Dakota 8mm still of cattle in a dry grassy field, with open prairie land in the background. — Cattle stand and feed in tall pasture grass.

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a woman on a pinto horse with mid-century vehicles nearby. — A woman rides a pinto horse near parked vehicles.

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