South Dakota USA-1953: A Person Riding a Horse Across an Open Field

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

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A Person Riding a Horse Across an Open Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 in South Dakota, showing a person riding a white horse across an open grassy plain. The rider, wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, smiles as the horse trots toward the camera under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color fading typical of mid-century amateur footage. A second rider in a light jacket and cap appears briefly, adding to the nostalgic, candid feel of this rural American scene. The clip captures a moment of simple joy and freedom in the heartland.

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: 122623899

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural U.S. home-movie requests needing brief equestrian, family leisure, or open-plains material for documentary or editorial context.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, casual jeans, red shirt, cap, and open rural setting support a mid-century home-movie reading, with South Dakota and 1953 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The rider approaches the camera smiling while another rider passes nearby, giving the scene an informal family-recorded quality rather than a staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an open grassy plain, overcast sky, a smiling rider in a red shirt, a white-and-dark horse, a second rider in a cap, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies from the period.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, rural transition, or visual cutaway for mid-century American leisure and horseback riding.
Historical context: The clip offers a small-scale view of recreational horseback riding on an open rural landscape without supporting claims about a specific ranch, event, or community.
Research note: Visible faces and likenesses require review, while metadata reports no logos, private property, minors, or audible music; copyright and likeness rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s South Dakota 8mm horseback riding, rural American home movie horse, rider on open field, and mid-century plains leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1953 South Dakota material, then related rural riding, family leisure, and open-plains home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 South Dakota footage, a rider in a red shirt approaches across an open field on a white-and-dark horse. — A rider on horseback moves toward the camera across an open plain.

A rider in red and blue jeans faces the camera on horseback in the South Dakota home-movie scene. — The horse and rider draw closer within the open rural landscape.

The smiling rider comes near the camera on horseback, with the open South Dakota field behind them. — A close view catches the rider smiling as the horse moves forward.

A second rider wearing a light jacket and dark cap passes close to the camera beside a dark horse. — Another rider briefly enters the frame near the end of the clip.

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