South Dakota USA-1953: Older Man Riding Spotted Horse on Prairie

$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.

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

$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.

Older Man Riding Spotted Horse on Prairie — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 in South Dakota, showing an older man in a light-colored uniform and dark cap riding a white horse with large brown spots across a vast grassy prairie. The man is viewed from behind as he guides the horse through the open field under a cloudy blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of rural life and equestrian activity in the American Midwest.

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: 122623926

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 (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: South Dakota, 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: Useful for 1950s rural South Dakota archive requests needing a brief equestrian, prairie, or home-movie insert with an older man riding a spotted horse.
Period detail: The light uniform-style clothing, dark cap, open prairie setting, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-1950s rural outing or ranch-area ride.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from behind as the rider moves away across the grass, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of a quiet outdoor ride.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man in a cap, a white horse with dark spots, prairie grass, cloudy blue sky, a red vehicle or trailer edge, and soft film borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, gate edges, and contact-sheet wear that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural life cutaway, Midwest transition, equestrian insert, or memory beat within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places horse riding in a broad grassland setting, suggesting everyday rural recreation or work without confirming a specific event or institution.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and any uniform-related interpretation should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s South Dakota 8mm horse riding, older man on spotted horse, prairie home movie, and rural Midwest equestrian footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then South Dakota 1953 material, then broader 1950s prairie, ranch, horse, or rural family-film clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1953 South Dakota home-movie footage, a man in light uniform-style clothing rides a spotted horse away across prairie grass. — Rider seen from behind on a spotted horse in an open prairie field.

A man in a dark cap and light clothing rides a white horse with large dark spots through a South Dakota prairie scene. — The spotted horse moves across grass under a cloudy blue sky.

The rider continues away on the spotted horse, with prairie grass, cloudy sky, and a partial red vehicle or trailer visible at left. — Rider and spotted horse pass a partial red vehicle or trailer in the prairie.

The man rides farther away across the South Dakota grassland on a white-and-dark-spotted horse, with a red object partly visible behind him. — The horse and rider recede into the open field near a partial red object.

Visually Similar Clips